title: Estimated cost of a factitious disorder with 6-year follow-up.
abstract: Long-term follow up is rarely described for patients with Factitious Disorder, mainly because of the lack of access to patient's confidential information. In addition, the financial burden of multiple uses of health care system has not been examined so far. We report a 6-year follow-up for a patient with Factitious Disorder who first reported neurological then psychiatric symptoms, and investigate the cost of his detected hospitalizations.
authors: Centre Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Inserm, U894, Université Paris Descartes, PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France. nico.hoertel@yahoo.fr
authors: Nicolas
authors: N
authors: Hoertel
authors: Pierre
authors: P
authors: Lavaud
authors: Yann
authors: Y
authors: Le Strat
authors: Philip
authors: P
authors: Gorwood
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000523:psychology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male