Direct and indirect cost of schizophrenia in outpatients treated in a tertiary care psychiatry unit
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The Sri Lanka Medical Association
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Objective: To estimate the direct and indirect cost of care incurred by patients with schizophrenia attending a tertiary care psychiatry unit in Colombo. Methods Study was carried out at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. Systematic sampling selected every second patient with an ICD-10 clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia presenting to the clinic during a two month period. Investigator administered semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection.
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schizophrenia, cost analysis, cost of illness, Sri Lanka, SOCIAL SCIENCES::Business and economics::Economics
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De Silva, J., Hanwella, R., & De Silva, V. (2012). Direct and indirect cost of schizophrenia in outpatients treated in a tertiary care psychiatry unit. Ceylon Medical Journal, 57(1), 14-18.