[Health related quality of life and disease burden of patients with schizophrenia in Hungary].

Introduction: According to the international literature disease burden of schizophrenia is substantial, however data from Eastern Central Europe is scarce. Our aim was to assess the quality of life and costs of patients with schizophrenia in Hungary.

Methods: A cross sectional questionnaire survey was performed in 3 hospital based psychiatry centres involving patients with schizophrenia.