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Cost comparison of psychiatric outpatient clinics based in hospitals and in primary care (general practice health center)
Author(s) -
Shah A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1995.tb09539.x
Subject(s) - medicine , outpatient clinic , primary care , family medicine , center (category theory) , primary health care , ambulatory care , health care , medical emergency , population , chemistry , environmental health , economics , crystallography , economic growth
The first study to compare the costs of hospital‐based and primary care (general practice health center)‐based psychiatric outpatient clinics is reported. The operating costs of both clinic settings were estimated to be similar. There are many advantages of primary care‐based clinics compared with hospital‐based clinics. However, as there are no evaluative studies of the comparative efficacy of either clinic setting, before policy decisions to encourage primary care clinics are made such evaluative studies should take place.