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| Is mental health economics important in geriatric psychiatry in developing countries? | | Author(s) | Ajit Shah, Srinivasa Murthy, Guh-Kee Suh |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 8, August 2002 |
| Pages | pp 758-764 |
| Keywords | Psychiatric treatment ; Econometrics ; Developing countries. |
| Annotation | Limited healthcare budgets and a seamless demand for resources suggest that a formula for allocating resources among various competing sectors is necessary. Economic evaluation can assist in developing this formula. Mental health economic studies (cost minimisation, cost effectiveness, cost utility, cost-benefit and cost of illness analysis) in geriatric psychiatry from developed and developing countries were examined along with all mental health economic studies in developed countries. There were no health economic studies in geriatric psychiatry from developing countries against a background of many such studies in developed countries. The reason for the paucity of such studies, the feasibility of undertaking these studies, and their significance are discussed. Mental health economic studies in geriatric psychiatry in developing countries are feasible, realistic and may well have an important part to play in the allocation of resources. Also, data sets necessary for such studies are emerging from many developing countries. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020903209 A |
| Classmark | LP: WE: 7B |
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