## Abstract ## Objectives We compare the cost of assessing new referrals to an old age psychiatry service at the patient's home or a hospitalโbased clinic. ## Method An old age psychiatry service in Liverpool where routine referrals were assessed at home (domiciliary clinic) was compared to an a
COST-MINIMISATION ANALYSIS VERSUS COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS, REVISITED
โ Scribed by Helen Dakin; Sarah Wordsworth
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 211 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1057-9230
- DOI
- 10.1002/hec.1812
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