Hospital costs associated with psychiatric comorbidities: a retrospective study

Abstract Background Psychiatric comorbidities are relevant for the diagnostic and therapeutic regimes in somatic hospital care. The main aim of this study was to analyse the association between psychiatric comorbidities and hospital costs per inpatient episode. A further aim was to discuss and addre...

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Main Authors: Jan Wolff, Thomas Heister, Claus Normann, Klaus Kaier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-2892-5