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Effectiveness and cost of community care for schizophrenic patients.
- Source :
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Hospital & community psychiatry [Hosp Community Psychiatry] 1989 Jan; Vol. 40 (1), pp. 59-63. - Publication Year :
- 1989
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Abstract
- Schizophrenic patients in Mannheim, West Germany, were studied to determine whether psychiatric treatment in the community reduces duration and frequency of rehospitalization, whether it has an impact on symptomatology and behavior, and whether it can be provided less expensively than hospital care. The findings showed a relationship between increased psychiatric outpatient treatment and lower levels of inpatient care as well as between psychiatric aftercare and reduced symptomatology and disease-related behavior. The cost of community care was found to be substantially lower than that of hospital care for less disabled patients, but it exceeded the cost of hospital care for the more severely disabled.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Cohort Studies
Cost-Benefit Analysis statistics & numerical data
Female
Germany, West
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care statistics & numerical data
Patient Readmission statistics & numerical data
Community Mental Health Services economics
Schizophrenia therapy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0022-1597
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Hospital & community psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2492255
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.40.1.59