Cost of schizophrenia: direct costs and use of resources in the State of São Paulo

• Main Authors: Leitão Raquel Jales (Author), Ferraz Marcos Bosi (Author), Chaves Ana Cristina (Author), Mari Jair J (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To estimate the direct costs of schizophrenia for the public sector. METHODS: A study was carried out in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, during 1998. Data from the medical literature and governmental research bodies were gathered for estimating the total number of schizophrenia patients...