Estimating the cost of implementing district mental healthcare plans in five low-and middle-income countries: The PRIME study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 208, Issue , 2016, Pages s71-s78

  Chisholm, Dan ^a   Burman Roy, Soumitra ^b   Fekadu, Abebaw ^c   Kathree, Tasneem ^d   Kizza, Dorothy ^e   Luitel, Nagendra P ^f   Petersen, Inge ^d   Shidhaye, Rahul ^g   De Silva, Mary ^b   Lund, Crick ^h  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e Butabika Natl Ref Mental Hospital   (Uganda)

^f Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) Nepal   (Nepal)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOSIS; SCALE UP; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; INDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEPAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; UGANDA;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEPAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SOUTH AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 84956932739     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153866     Document Type: Article

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