Journal article
The Economic Burden of Schizophrenia in Canada
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the financial burden of schizophrenia in Canada in 1996.
METHOD: Using a prevalence-based approach, all direct health care costs, administrative costs of income assistance plans, and costs of incarceration attributable to schizophrenia were determined. Also included was the value of lost productivity associated with premature mortality and morbidity. In addition to using published papers and documents, direct contact was …
Authors
Goeree R; O'Brien BJ; Goering P; Blackhouse G; Agro K; Rhodes A; Watson J
Journal
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 464–472
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Publication Date
6 1999
DOI
10.1177/070674379904400506
ISSN
0706-7437