Cost analysis of inpatient treatment of anorexia nervosa in adolescents: hospital and caregiver perspectives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Admission to hospital is the treatment of choice for anorexia nervosa in adolescent patients who are medically unstable; however, stays are often prolonged and frequently disrupt normal adolescent development, family functioning, school and work productivity. We sought to determine the costs of inpatient treatment in this population from a hospital and caregiver perspective, and to identify determinants of such costs.

Methods

We used micro-costing methods for this cohort study involving all adolescent patients (age 12-18 yr) admitted for treatment of anorexia nervosa at a tertiary care child and adolescent eating disorder program in Toronto, between Sept. 1, 2011, and Mar. 31, 2013. We used hospital administrative data and Canadian census data to calculate hospita

SUBMITTER: Toulany A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4565171 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature