Consultation-liaison psychiatry and funding: Why can't alice find wonderland?

Consultation-liaison psychiatry programs have long suffered from a lack of direct financial support. In this article, the authors report on the various mechanisms that the surveyed consultation-liaison programs use to obtain funding and present a review of research findings demonstrating the cost ef...

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Veröffentlicht in:General hospital psychiatry 1981-01, Vol.3 (3), p.255-260
Hauptverfasser: Fenton, Barry J., Guggenheim, Frederick G.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Consultation-liaison psychiatry programs have long suffered from a lack of direct financial support. In this article, the authors report on the various mechanisms that the surveyed consultation-liaison programs use to obtain funding and present a review of research findings demonstrating the cost effectiveness of liaison psychiatry in offsetting more expensive medical expenditures.
ISSN:0163-8343
1873-7714
DOI:10.1016/0163-8343(81)90010-4