Self-admission in the treatment of eating disorders: an analysis of healthcare resource reallocation

Self-admission in the treatment of eating disorders: an analysis of healthcare resource reallocation

Abstract Background Self-admission to psychiatric inpatient treatment is an innovative approach to healthcare rationing, based on reallocation of existing resources rather than on increased funding. In self-admission, patients with a history of high healthcare utilization are invited to decide for t...

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Main Authors: Mattias Strand, Cynthia M. Bulik, Sanna A. Gustafsson, Elisabeth Welch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Economics
Delivery of health care
Health care rationing
Health resources
Voluntary admission
Anorexia nervosa
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06478-1

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