In-patient costs of agitation and containment in a mental health catchment area

In-patient costs of agitation and containment in a mental health catchment area

Abstract Background There is a scarce number of studies on the cost of agitation and containment interventions and their results are still inconclusive. We aimed to calculate the economic consequences of agitation events in an in-patient psychiatric facility providing care for an urban catchment are...

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Main Authors: Antoni Serrano-Blanco, Maria Rubio-Valera, Ignacio Aznar-Lou, Luisa Baladón Higuera, Karina Gibert, Alfredo Gracia Canales, Lisette Kaskens, José Miguel Ortiz, Luis Salvador-Carulla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Subjects:
Agitation
Seclusion
Restraint
Containment
In-patient
Costs
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-017-1373-4

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