کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4187366 1608217 2007 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Economic costs of full-blown and subthreshold panic disorder
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی روانپزشکی و بهداشت روانی
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Economic costs of full-blown and subthreshold panic disorder
چکیده انگلیسی

BackgroundData on the societal costs of mental disorders are necessary to inform health policies.MethodsThis study assessed the costs of panic disorder and subthreshold panic disorder, compared these with costs of other mental disorders, and assessed the effects of (psychiatric and somatic) comorbidity and agoraphobia on the costs of panic. Using a large, population-based study in The Netherlands (n = 5504), both medical and production costs were estimated from a societal perspective within a one-year timeframe.ResultsAnnual per capita costs of panic disorder were €10,269, while subthreshold panic disorder generated €6384. These costs were higher than those of the other mental disorders studied. About one quarter of the costs could be attributed to comorbidity. Agoraphobia was associated with higher costs.LimitationsMethodological choices influence cost estimates. In the present study most of these will result in conservative cost estimates.ConclusionsPanic thus causes substantial societal costs. Given the availability of effective treatment, treatment may not only benefit individual patients, but also have economic returns for society.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Affective Disorders - Volume 104, Issues 1–3, December 2007, Pages 127–136
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