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- Title
Mental Health Diagnoses and the Costs of Primary Care.
- Authors
DeGruy III, Frank Verloin
- Abstract
The article looks at the link between the cost of primary health care of physicians and the number of their mental health diagnosis. It discusses the common occurrence between primary care physicians and patients with mental disorders. A study is assessed, which asserted that physicians who diagnose mostly in mental health cases are also caring for patients who have less medical expenses. The study administered showed that physicians identified only one third of their patients by encounter diagnoses.
- Subjects
MEDICAL care costs; PRIMARY health care; MENTAL health; DIAGNOSIS; PEOPLE with intellectual disabilities; PHYSICIANS
- Publication
Journal of Family Practice, 2000, Vol 49, Issue 4, p311
- ISSN
0094-3509
- Publication type
Article