Direct medical costs of hospitalisations for mental disorders in Shanghai, China: a time series study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To provide cost burden estimates and long-term trend forecast of mental disorders that need hospitalisations in Shanghai, China. DESIGN:Daily hospital admissions and medical expenditures for mental disorder hospitalisations between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2015 were used for analysis. Yearly total health expenditures and expenditures per hospital admission for different populations, as well as per-admission-per-year medical costs of each service for mental disorder hospitalisations, were estimated through data from 2015. We also established time series analyses to determine the long-time trend of total direct medical expenditures for mental disorders and forecasted expenditures until 31 December 2030. SETTING:Shanghai, China. PARTICIPANTS:Daily hospital admissions for ment

SUBMITTER: Chen W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5665299 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature