Cost-effectiveness of Brief Behavioral Therapy for Pediatric Anxiety and Depression in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Youth anxiety and depression are common and undertreated. Pediatric transdiagnostic interventions for anxiety and/or depression may be associated with improved access to treatment among youths.

Objective

To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a pediatric transdiagnostic brief behavioral therapy (BBT) program for anxiety and/or depression compared with assisted referral to community outpatient mental health care (ARC).

Design, setting, and participants

In this economic evaluation, an incremental cost-effectiveness analysis was performed from the societal perspective using data from a randomized clinical trial of youths with full or probable diagnoses of anxiety or depression who were recruited from pediatric clinics in San Diego, California, and Pittsburgh, P

SUBMITTER: Lynch FL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7961309 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature