Cost and Cost-effectiveness of Hospital vs Residential Crisis Care for Patients Who Have Serious Mental Illness
Author(s) -
Wayne S. Fenton,
Jeffrey S. Hoch,
James M. Herrell,
Loren R. Mosher,
Lisa B. Dixon
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.59.4.357
Subject(s) - medicine , mental illness , unit (ring theory) , cost effectiveness , acute care , mental health , government (linguistics) , psychiatry , emergency medicine , health care , psychology , risk analysis (engineering) , mathematics education , economics , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy
This study evaluates the cost and cost-effectiveness of a residential crisis program compared with treatment received in a general hospital psychiatric unit for patients who have serious mental illness in need of hospital-level care and who are willing to accept voluntary treatment.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom