Cost-utility analysis of a collaborative and stepped care model in patients with mental disorders in German primary care (the COMET study).

ABSTRACT:

Background

In order to reduce the health burden and the health care costs caused by the most common mental disorders, health care systems throughout Europe have tried to improve services and treatment choices. Recently, a collaborative and stepped care (CSC) model for patients with depressive, anxiety, somatoform or alcohol-related disorders and their comorbidities was developed and implemented under routine care conditions in Germany. The aim of this study was to determine the cost-effectiveness of this CSC model from a societal perspective with a 12-month follow-up.

Methods

This study was part of a cluster-randomized controlled trial to compare a CSC model with treatment as usual (TAU) in patients with depressive, anxiety, somatoform or alcohol-related disorders and their

SUBMITTER: Grochtdreis T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12516892 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature