Effect and Preliminary Health Economy of Comprehensive Community-based Rehabilitation for Chronic Schizophrenics
Abstract：Objective To explore the efficacy of comprehensive community-based rehabilitation on chronic schizophrenia and assess in the view of health economy. Methods 80 chronic schizophrenic patients accepted comprehensive community-based rehabilitation for 1 year and were followed up for 1 year. Other 80 chronic schizophrenics were as the controls. They were observed with outcome and the cost. Re-sults The social function, compliance, stability rate, burden on family caregiver, satisfaction of living, psychiatric symptoms, hospitalization were all better in the rehabilitation group than in the control group (P<0.01), and the total cost in the 2 years was less, especially that on hos-pitalization, maintenance treatment, work loss of caregivers, public prevention (P<0.01). Conclusion Comprehensive community-based re-habilitation can improve the outcome of chronic schizophrenics with less cost.
Keywords：schizophreniacommunity-based rehabilitationoutcomehealth economy
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 813-816 )