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dc.contributor.authorHeslin, Margaret
dc.contributor.authorMcCrone, Paul
dc.contributor.authorFlach, Clare
dc.contributor.authorFearon, Paul
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorJones, Peter
dc.contributor.authorMurray, Robin M
dc.contributor.authorDazzan, Paola
dc.contributor.authorDoody, Gill
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Craig
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-17T09:05:38Z
dc.date.available2012-09-17T09:05:38Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationThe economic cost of pathways to care in first episode psychosis. 2011, 23 (1):55-60 Int Rev Psychiatryen_GB
dc.identifier.issn1369-1627
dc.identifier.pmid21338299
dc.identifier.doi10.3109/09540261.2010.544644
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/244226
dc.description.abstractFew studies have examined the economic cost of psychoses other than schizophrenia and there have been no studies of the economic cost of pathways to care in patients with their first episode of psychosis. The aims of this study were to explore the economic cost of pathways to care in patients with a first episode of psychosis and to examine variation in costs. Data on pathways to care for first episode psychosis patients referred to specialist mental health services in south-east London and Nottingham between 1997-2000. Costs of pathway events were estimated and compared between diagnostic groups. The average costs for patients in south-east London were £54 (CI £33-£75) higher, compared to patients in Nottingham. Across both centres unemployed patients had £25 (CI £7-£43) higher average costs compared to employed patients. Higher costs were associated with being unemployed and living in south-east London and these differences could not be accounted for by any single factor. This should be considered when the National Health Service (NHS) is making decisions about funding.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsArchived with thanks to International review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)en_GB
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshEngland
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHealth Care Costs
dc.subject.meshHealth Services Accessibility
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshLondon
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMental Health Services
dc.subject.meshMultivariate Analysis
dc.subject.meshPsychotic Disorders
dc.titleThe economic cost of pathways to care in first episode psychosis.en_GB
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, UK. Margaret.Heslin@kcl.ac.uken_GB
dc.identifier.journalInternational review of psychiatry (Abingdon, England)en_GB
dc.description.provinceLeinsteren
html.description.abstractFew studies have examined the economic cost of psychoses other than schizophrenia and there have been no studies of the economic cost of pathways to care in patients with their first episode of psychosis. The aims of this study were to explore the economic cost of pathways to care in patients with a first episode of psychosis and to examine variation in costs. Data on pathways to care for first episode psychosis patients referred to specialist mental health services in south-east London and Nottingham between 1997-2000. Costs of pathway events were estimated and compared between diagnostic groups. The average costs for patients in south-east London were £54 (CI £33-£75) higher, compared to patients in Nottingham. Across both centres unemployed patients had £25 (CI £7-£43) higher average costs compared to employed patients. Higher costs were associated with being unemployed and living in south-east London and these differences could not be accounted for by any single factor. This should be considered when the National Health Service (NHS) is making decisions about funding.


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