1997
Getting the cost right in cost-effectiveness analyses
Wolff N, Helminiak T, Tebes J. Getting the cost right in cost-effectiveness analyses. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1997, 154: 736-743. PMID: 9167499, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.6.736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCost estimatesUnit costCost allocation ruleCost-effectiveness findingsCost-effectiveness analysisMethodological choicesEconomist's perspectiveOpportunity costAllocation rulesDifferent assumptionsOutpatient servicesStudy perspectiveCostService utilization profilesMethodological assumptionsTreatment costsOutpatient costsChoiceManagement perspectiveHealth interventionsEstimatesAssumptionPerspectiveServicesDifferent ways
1996
Day hospital/crisis respite care versus inpatient care, Part II: Service utilization and costs
Sledge W, Tebes J, Wolff N, Helminiak T. Day hospital/crisis respite care versus inpatient care, Part II: Service utilization and costs. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1996, 153: 1074-1083. PMID: 8678177, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.8.1074.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity mental health centerService utilizationEffective acute careMental health centersIll psychiatric patientsTotal direct costsSignificant differencesService utilization profilesIndex episodeAcute carePatient groupInpatient hospitalizationInpatient careHealth centersInpatient programDay hospitalNonpsychotic patientsOutpatient servicesAverage stayDual diagnosisPatientsPsychiatric patientsRespite careAffective disordersPsychotic patients