title: Cost-effective inpatient care of neuropsychiatric patients.
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schuster
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Thienhaus
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fogel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Restak
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tucker
mesh_terms: 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*