Life-saving post-ER suicide prevention strategies are cost effective

(NIH/National Institute of Mental Health) Three interventions designed for follow up of patients who are identified with suicide risk in hospital emergency departments save lives and are cost effective relative to usual care. A study led by researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health modeled the use of the approaches in emergency departments and found that all three interventions compare favorably with a standard benchmark of cost-effectiveness used in evaluating healthcare costs.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news