Cost-effectiveness of care for people with psychosis in the community and psychiatric hospitals in the Czech Republic: an economic analysis

This study provides economic evidence for deinstitutionalisation by showing that discharge to community care is cost-effective compared with care in psychiatric hospitals in the Czech Republic. These findings add to the human rights and clinical-based arguments for mental health-care reforms in central and eastern Europe.FundingMinistry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic; EEA and Norway Grants.
Source: The Lancet Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research