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Hospital management and costs of antidepressant overdose: multicentre comparison of tricyclic antidepressants and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Hospital management and costs of antidepressant overdose: multicentre comparison of tricyclic antidepressants and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Hospital management and costs of antidepressant overdose: multicentre comparison of tricyclic antidepressants and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
There is ongoing debate regarding the relative cost effectiveness of different classes of antidepressants, but there has been little consideration of the cost of deliberate self-poisoning. We examined the cost of antidepressant overdose at six hospitals over a 5 month period and found that the cost of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor overdose was less than one-third that of tricyclic antidepressant overdose (mean cost per episode £173 versus £634). The cost of overdose is often ignored and should be considered in future analyses of the cost effectiveness of different classes of antidepressant

1369-6998
193-196
Kapur, N.
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Dodgson, K.
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May, Christine M.
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Creed, F.
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Dodgson, K.
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May, Christine M.
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Creed, F.
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Kapur, N., Dodgson, K., May, Christine M. and Creed, F. (2001) Hospital management and costs of antidepressant overdose: multicentre comparison of tricyclic antidepressants and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Journal of Medical Economics, 4 (1-4), 193-196. (doi:10.3111/200104193197).

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There is ongoing debate regarding the relative cost effectiveness of different classes of antidepressants, but there has been little consideration of the cost of deliberate self-poisoning. We examined the cost of antidepressant overdose at six hospitals over a 5 month period and found that the cost of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor overdose was less than one-third that of tricyclic antidepressant overdose (mean cost per episode £173 versus £634). The cost of overdose is often ignored and should be considered in future analyses of the cost effectiveness of different classes of antidepressant

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Published date: 2001
Organisations: Faculty of Health Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 370252
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/370252
ISSN: 1369-6998
PURE UUID: c5bb9d72-6750-4067-8e45-c51e5033e8eb

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Author: N. Kapur
Author: K. Dodgson
Author: Christine M. May
Author: F. Creed

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