Tsiachristas, Apostolos, McDaid, David ORCID: 0000-0003-0744-2664, Casey, Deborah, Brand, Fiona, Leal, Jose, Park, A-La ORCID: 0000-0002-4704-4874, Geulayov, Galit and Hawton, Keith (2017) The general hospital costs of medical and psychiatric care for patients who self-harm: a retrospective analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 4 (10). pp. 759-767. ISSN 2215-0366
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Abstract
Background: Self-harm is an extremely common reason for hospital presentation. There have, however, been few estimates of the hospital costs of assessing and treating self-harm. Such information is essential for planning services and to help strengthen the case for investment in actions to reduce the frequency and impact of self-harm.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/onlineFir... |
Additional Information: | © 2017 Elsevier Ltd © CC-BY 4.0 |
Divisions: | Care Policy and Evaluation Centre |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
Date Deposited: | 23 Aug 2017 09:01 |
Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 01:32 |
Funders: | National Institute for Health Research |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/84079 |
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