Patient care--who pays, and for what?
Dorsey, R.
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 44(6 Part 2): 23-26
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-6689 PMID: 6133853 Document Number: 208756
Economic considerations are increasingly affecting treatment strategies, particularly in illnesses such as schizophrenia, which have high degrees of morbidity and chronicity. Restrictions on the availability of public-sector hospitalization have produced increased pressure for shorter stays and more reliance on outpatient treatment. In turn, financial constraints are operative in both public- and private-sector outpatient care. Effective psychopharmacology, which involves facilitation of patient compliance, is essential to the cost-effective treatment of schizophrenic patients in the current economic climate.