Direct and indirect cost of schizophrenia in outpatients treated in a tertiary care psychiatry unit
| dc.contributor.author | De Silva, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hanwella, Raveen | |
| dc.contributor.author | De Silva, V. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-12T06:24:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 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. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/cmj.v57i1.4195 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://archive.cmb.ac.lk/handle/70130/8143 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | The Sri Lanka Medical Association | |
| dc.subject | schizophrenia | |
| dc.subject | cost analysis | |
| dc.subject | cost of illness | |
| dc.subject | Sri Lanka | |
| dc.subject | SOCIAL SCIENCES::Business and economics::Economics | |
| dc.title | Direct and indirect cost of schizophrenia in outpatients treated in a tertiary care psychiatry unit | |
| dc.type | Article |