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The economic burden of schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Linda M. Davies  and
Michael F. Drummond
Linda M. Davies
Affiliation:
Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Park House, 40 Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham B15 2RT
Michael F. Drummond
Affiliation:
Health Services Management Centre, University of Birmingham, Park House, 40 Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham B15 2RT
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Schizophrenia is an expensive disease. In the USA, it affects approximately 1% of the population but patients occupy 25% of all hospital beds. In Australia, schizophrenia was found to affect less than 10% of the number experiencing a myocardial infarction and yet the costs of medical services for treating schizophrenia are 75% of those for myocardial infarction.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 9 , September 1990 , pp. 522 - 525
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990

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