Real output in mental health care during the 1990s
By: Ernst R. Berndt ... [et al.].
Contributors: Berndt, Ernst R.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 11557; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 11557.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Mental health services -- United States -- Costs.
Description: "Health accounts document changes over time in the level and composition of health spending.  There has been a continued evolution in the ability to track such outlays.  Less rapid has been the ability to interpret changes in spending.  In this paper we apply quality adjusted price indexes for several major mental disorders to national mental health account estimates to assess changes in real "output".  We show that using the new price indexes reveals large gains in real output relative to application of BLS indexes"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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