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Is mental health economics important in geriatric psychiatry in developing countries?
- Authors:
- SHAH Ajit, MURTHY Srinivasa, SUH Guh-Kee
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17(8), August 2002, pp.758-764.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article found that there were no health economic studies in geriatric psychiatry from developing countries against a background of many such studies in developed countries. There were a greater number of health economic studies in other areas of psychiatry in developing countries. Several reasons for the paucity of such studies, the feasibility of undertaking these studies and their significance are discussed.Mental health economic studies in geriatric psychiatry in developing countries are feasible, realistic and may well have an important part to play in the allocation of resources. Also, data sets necessary for such studies are emerging from many developing countries.