Association of Mental Health Disorders With Health Care Utilization and Costs Among Adults With Chronic Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A population-based study using validated algorithms to estimate the costs of treating people with chronic disease with and without mental health disorders is needed.

Objective

To determine the association of mental health disorders with health care costs among people with chronic diseases.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study in the Canadian province of Alberta collected data from April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2015, among 991 445 adults 18 years and older with a chronic disease (ie, asthma, congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, diabetes, epilepsy, hypertension, chronic pulmonary disease, or chronic kidney disease). Data analysis was conducted from October 2017 to August 2018.

Exposures

Mental health disorder (

SUBMITTER: Sporinova B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6714022 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature