title: Psychiatric home care: an introduction.
abstract: Healthcare has undergone many changes in the past 5 years. Hospitalization has become extremely expensive to the consumer and the payor. Alternative healthcare services are being considered and used, with the emphasis on cost containment and cost and clinical effectiveness. Psychiatric home care is clinically effective and less costly.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quinlan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ohlund
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003363:Cost Control; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*