Clinical pathways in psychiatry.
This editorial summarises the literature on the use of care pathways in psychiatry. Further, it considers the case-mix clusters used in care pathways in relation to health service financial tariff and currency systems, and also reviews the evidence for the effectiveness of clinical pathways.
Evans-Lacko
Sara E
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Jarrett
Manuela
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McCrone
Paul
P
Thornicroft
Graham
G
D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000191:economics*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000191:economics*