Cost-effectiveness of a Brief Structured Intervention Program Aimed at Preventing Repeat Suicide Attempts Among Those Who Previously Attempted Suicide: A Secondary Analysis of the ASSIP Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

This is the first cost-effectiveness analysis of a brief therapy, the Attempted Suicide Short Intervention Program (ASSIP), for individuals who attempt suicide.

Objective

To explore the cost-effectiveness of the ASSIP intervention in the context of the Swiss health care system.

Design, setting, and participants

In this economic evaluation, the cost-effectiveness analysis was performed from a health care perspective between January 2017 and April 2018 using data from a randomized clinical trial conducted between June 2009 and December 2014. Participants were individuals who had attempted suicide and were receiving treatment at a psychiatric university hospital in Switzerland that provides inpatient and outpatient services for suicide attempters referred from

SUBMITTER: Park AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6324444 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature