RIS ID
15401
Abstract
By looking at a particular subset of mental illness in Australia, (schizophrenia), this article reflects on the way in which direct costs falling within the parametres of the health budget are privileged (inscribed) above indirect costs which fall outside this boundary (and thus fail to be appropriately inscribed). This article concludes that, from a social accounting point of view, this boundary is arbitrary and an example of poor accounting.
Publication Details
This is a pre-print of an article to be published as: Smark, CJ, Schizophrenia – The Costs, 6th Global Conference on Business and Economics to be held in Cambridge, MA, USA, October 15-17, 2006.