Two-year prospective study of psychosocial outcomes and a cost-analysis of 'treatment-as-usual' versus an 'enhanced' (specialist liaison nurse) service for aneurysmal sub arachnoid haemorrhage (ASAH) patients and families

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 347-356

  Pritchard, C ^a   Foulkes, L ^b   Lang, D A ^b   Neil Dwyer, G ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Psychosocial trauma; Specialist nurse; Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FAMILY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SERVICE; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPECIALIST LIAISON NURSE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 9644291861     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690400004993     Document Type: Article

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