The Cost of Assisted Outpatient Treatment: Can It Save States Money?

Autor:	Richard A. Van Dorn, John Monahan, Thomas G. McGuire, Henry J. Steadman, Marvin S. Swartz, Pamela Clark Robbins, Jeffrey W. Swanson
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Psychiatry and Mental health medicine.medical_specialty Ambulatory care business.industry Emergency medicine Medicine Medical emergency business medicine.disease Mental health health care economics and organizations
Zdroj:	American Journal of Psychiatry. 170:1423-1432
ISSN:	1535-7228 0002-953X
DOI:	10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12091152
Popis:	A program of court-mandated assisted outpatient treatment in New York appears to reduce the costs allocated for mental health services. The reduction in costs reflected fewer repeated episodes of expensive inpatient psychiatric treatment as patients instead received outpatient care and appropriate medications.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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