Relapse in schizophrenia.
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Cost of relapse in schizophrenia.
To estimate the national annual cost of rehospitalization for multiple-episode schizophrenia outpatients, and to determine the relative cost burden from loss of medication efficacy and from medication noncompliance, the yearly number of neuroleptic-responsive multiple-episode schizophrenia inpatients in the United States who are discharged back to outpatient treatment was estimated. The cohort ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.291.6504.1219