Cost-Effectiveness of Health-Care Delivery to Chronic Psychotic Patients in Southern Alberta, Canada

Williams, R.; Dalby, J. T.

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R. Williams &
J. T. Dalby

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Alberta, one of ten provinces in Canada, is a frontier region of 255 000 square miles (660411 km²) inhabited by 2.3 million people. The province has a total area larger than that of Great Britain, Denmark, and West Germany combined, nations on a similar latitude in Europe (Figs.1 and 2).

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Williams, R., Dalby, J.T. (1988). Cost-Effectiveness of Health-Care Delivery to Chronic Psychotic Patients in Southern Alberta, Canada. In: Schwefel, D., Zöllner, H., Potthoff, P. (eds) Costs and Effects of Managing Chronic Psychotic Patients. Health Systems Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83366-3_8

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