2020
Assessing a WeChat-Based Integrative Family Intervention (WIFI) for Schizophrenia: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial
Yu Y, Li T, Xi S, Li Y, Xiao X, Yang M, Ge X, Xiao S, Tebes J. Assessing a WeChat-Based Integrative Family Intervention (WIFI) for Schizophrenia: Protocol for a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Trial. JMIR Research Protocols 2020, 9: e18538. PMID: 32687478, PMCID: PMC7479588, DOI: 10.2196/18538.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchINTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIERFamily caregiversHealth care utilization costsIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioStepped-wedge clusterFamily interventionsCost-effectiveness ratioQuality of lifeBaseline data collectionImmersion-crystallization processInstitutional review boardCost-effectiveness analysisSupportive careCaregiver burdenIntervention periodMHealth interventionsPsychiatric hospitalMental illnessReview boardSocietal perspectiveSchizophreniaIntervention costsPsychological distressTreatment effectsIntervention
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