Mental health disorders are widespread among an aging population with HIV.Objective The aim of this study was to build a decision analytic model to evaluate medical interventions with and without mental health treatment using primary data of 139 older adults with HIV and health outcomes from the ...
The use of some recently developed and promising mental health treatments is likely to be restricted by their high cost. Cost-effectiveness studies, however, suggest that high treatment costs may be offset by associated reductions in inpatient service use. In view of the considerable variation in ...
"Cost-Outcome Methods for Mental Health" provides an overview of the choices and judgments used to evaluate the cost effectiveness of mental health treatment. It presents economic concepts of cost, discusses the various approaches to cost-outcome studies, and focuses on the way such studies apply ...
Borus JFOlendzki MCKessler LBurns BJBrandt UCBroverman CAHenderson PR The offset effect of mental health treatment on ambulatory medical care utilization and charges. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1985;42573- 580Google Scholar 20. State of Arizona, Office of the Auditor General, Performance Audit. Phoenix...
We recognize that it may be difficult to quantify the health care disparities for certain disease areas. For instance, disparities in mental health treatment likely are a large driver of unnecessary health care spending. The complexities within mental health treatment make it a difficult condition to...
This study investigated racial and ethnic differences in the probability of mental health service use and costs of treatment before and after the implementation of capitated financing. Models were created to test effects on utilization and costs of African American, Latinos, and white mental health ...
Healthcare costs are skyrocketing, with mental health treatment amongst the most expensive, especially when hospitalization is involved. According to the Mental Health Commission of Canada, one in five Canadians is living with a mental disorder in any given year, at an annual cost of $50 billion...
Justice, treatment, and cost: An evaluation of the fiscal impact of Allegheny County Mental Health Court. Pittsburgh, PA: Rand Corporation. Retrieved June 1, 2007, from: http: //www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR439/Ridgely, M. S., Engberg, J., Greenberg, M., Turner,...
Purpose: Examine the relationship between mental health comorbidities and health services outcomes in non-elderly adults with head and neck cancer (HNC). Design: Retrospective, cross-sectional. Sample: Non-elderly adults with a primary diagnosis of HNC in U.S. Department of Defense (TRICARE) ...