The American journal of managed care
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Reducing the number of emergency department visits and costs associated with anxiety: a randomized controlled study.
To demonstrate the economic effects of an intervention for members discharged from the emergency department (ED) with anxiety diagnoses. ⋯ The case management-based intervention effectively reduced psychiatric ED recidivism and costs for members discharged from the ED with an anxiety diagnosis, without significantly affecting psychiatric outpatient visit costs.