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Estimating the cost impact of three case management programmes for treating people with severe mental illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Teh-Wei Hu  and
Jeanette M. Jerrell
Teh-Wei Hu
Affiliation:
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Jeanette M. Jerrell*
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
*
Correspondence: Dr J. M. Jerrell, Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, CEB 104A, 3555 Harden Street Extension, Columbia, SC 29203, USA
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The treatment of people with severe and persistent mental illness entails long-term intervention and may be very costly, primarily due to their frequent use of acute and subacute treatment services or because of prolonged stays in health care institutions. Given the rising costs of health care and the decreasing public funding for treating people with severe mental illness, mental health professionals are adopting case management approaches to provide more efficient care to these individuals.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 173 , Issue S36: Economics of schizophrenia , September 1998 , pp. 26 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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