Costs of major depression covered / not covered in British Columbia, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the world's leading causes of disability. Our purpose was to characterize the total costs of MDD and evaluate the degree to which the British Columbia provincial health system meets its objective to protect people from the financial impact of illness.

Methods

We performed a population-based cohort study of adults newly diagnosed with MDD between 2015 and 2020 and followed their health system costs over two years. The expenditure proportion of MDD-related, patient paid costs relative to non-subsistence income was estimated, incidences of financial hardship were identified and the slope index of inequality (SII) between the highest and lowest income groups compared across regions.

Results

There were 250,855 individual

SUBMITTER: Cressman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10734183 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature