| Autor: |
Roberts, Evan, Cumming, Jacqueline, Nelson, Katherine |
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Medical Care Research & Review; Oct2005, Vol. 62 Issue 5, p503-543, 41p, 3 Charts |
| Abstrakt: |
The authors review the methodology and findings of economic evaluations of 42 community mental health care programs reported in the English-language literature between 1979 and 2003. There were three substantial methodological problems in the literature: costs were often not completely specified, the quality of econometric analysis was often low, and most evaluations failed to integrate cost and health outcome information. Well-conducted research shows that care in the community dominates hospital in-patient care, achieving better outcomes at lower or equal cost. It is less clear what types of community programs are most cost-effective. Future research should focus on identifying which types of community care are most cost effective and at what level of intensity they are most effective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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