A comparison of the costs and patterns of expenditure for care for severe mental illness in five countries with different levels of economic development.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aim of the article is to undertake the first economic analysis exploring the costs of illness (COIs) and factors affecting COIs in people living with mental disorders using individual patient-level data across five countries with different national income levels. This is done by investigating diagnosis-related and sociodemographic factors for country-specific medical and psychosocial service use in these high, lower-middle and low-income countries.

Methods

Using data from the Using Peer Support In Developing Empowering Mental Health Services (UPSIDES) study, a pragmatic randomized controlled trial, costs for medical and psychosocial services have been estimated over 6 months in 615 people with severe mental illness from Germany (n = 171), Uganda (n = 1

SUBMITTER: Park AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12281046 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature