Cost-effective inpatient care of neuropsychiatric patients.
Managed care has decreased the frequency of hospitalization for psychiatric disorders, and it may have an especially strong impact on neuropsychiatric patients. The use of targeted, cost-effective interventions improves the quality of patient care and can assist with approval of funding for inpatient care by utilization review agencies.
Schuster
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Thienhaus
O
O
Fogel
B
B
Restak
R
R
Tucker
G
G
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000191:economics*