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National and international policies emphasise the importance of improving mental health care for young people, but the cost-effectiveness of youth mental health care is unclear. We identified a list of attributes of youth mental health care that may be acceptable to young people and potentially cost-effective.

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More economic evaluations are required in youth mental health. Those examining the impact of automated processes, that value the preferences of young people and their families and that examine costs from both societal and health care perspectives may be particularly useful.

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This page is a summary of: Identifying attributes of care that may improve cost-effectiveness in the youth mental health service system , The Medical Journal of Australia, November 2017, Australasian Medical Publishing Co. Pty Ltd. (AMPCo),
DOI: 10.5694/mja17.00972.
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