Cost-effectiveness of assertive community treatment teams.
Clients who were high service users with serious mental disorders were randomly assigned to assertive community treatment (ACT) or to standard case management (SCM) at three sites and followed for 18 months. Clients in ACT spent more days in the community than did those in SCM, at no additional cost. For clients who were hospitalized at study entry, assertive community treatment was more cost-effective than standard case management.
Essock
S M
SM
Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA.
Frisman
L K
LK
Kontos
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NJ
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019090:Case Management / Q000191:economics; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D003237:Connecticut; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000191:economics*; D010359:Patient Readmission / Q000191:economics; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000191:economics*