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1947868

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-19
pubmed:abstractText
There is a tendency in discussions of mental health policy and psychiatric practice to talk of the cost of a treatment, facility, or policy and to ignore variations. These variations can be considerable, which alone suggests they should not be overlooked, and they can be explored and perhaps exploited to improve the delivery of services. This article describes a theoretical framework for the examination of cost differences, applies it to a particularly rich data base on people with long-term mental health problems moving from hospital to the community, and uses the empirical evidence to address four key policy questions. The study finds encouragingly strong positive associations between costs, needs, and outcomes. It also uncovers significant cost-effectiveness differences between the public and private sectors and between community accommodation types.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0586-7614
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
427-39
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Costs, needs, and outcomes.
pubmed:affiliation
Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't