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Estimating the cost impact of three case management programmes for treating people with severe mental illness
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 August 2018
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The treatment of people with severe and persistent mental illness entails long-term intervention and may be very costly, primarily due to their frequent use of acute and subacute treatment services or because of prolonged stays in health care institutions. Given the rising costs of health care and the decreasing public funding for treating people with severe mental illness, mental health professionals are adopting case management approaches to provide more efficient care to these individuals.
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- Research Article
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- The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 173 , Issue S36: Economics of schizophrenia , September 1998 , pp. 26 - 32
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- Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
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