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May 20, 2010
Early Intervention For Patients With First Episode Of Psychosis May Be Cost-Effective.
MedWire (5/18, Czyzewski) reports that, according to a study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, "a program of early intervention for patients with a first episode of psychosis is likely to be cost-effective in terms of improved vocational and quality-of-life outcomes."
After randomizing 144 patients diagnosed with non-affective psychosis "to receive care from...psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists, nurses, and healthcare assistants" or to standard care, the researchers found that "intervention reduced total expenditure by one third compared with standard care." They suggested that fewer hospitalizations offset the cost of the intervention and its related services.
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- Early psychosis intervention ‘cost-effective’," Andrew Czyzewski, MedWire News, May 18, 2010.
Posted by admin at May 20, 2010 07:27 PM