General hospital costs in England of medical and psychiatric care for patients who self-harm: a retrospective analysis

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 759-767

  Tsiachristas, Apostolos ^a   McDaid, David ^d   Casey, Deborah ^b   Brand, Fiona ^c   Leal, Jose ^a   Park, A La ^d   Geulayov, Galit ^b   Hawton, Keith ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; TRANQUILIZER; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL FINANCE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF POISONING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028844273     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30367-X     Document Type: Article

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