The general hospital costs of medical and psychiatric care for patients who self-harm: a retrospective analysis

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
Official URL:	http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/onlineFir...
Additional Information:	© 2017 Elsevier Ltd © CC-BY 4.0
Divisions:	Personal Social Services Research Unit
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:	06 Apr 2024 03:30
Funders:	National Institute for Health Research
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/84079

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