{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Xu J"],"funding":["National Natural Science Foundation of China"],"pagination":["137"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4864926"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["16"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Mental disorders represent a major contributor to disease burden worldwide. We sought to quantify the national economic burden of mental disorders in China.<h4>Methods</h4>We used a prevalence-based, bottom-up approach to estimate the economic costs of mental disorders in 2005-2013 in China. Prevalence data were derived from a national survey. Cost data were derived from the electronic health records of two psychiatric hospitals that consisted of 25,289 outpatients (10%) and inpatients (90%) who were diagnosed with a mental disorder. Cost items included direct medical costs, direct non-medical costs, and indirect costs.<h4>Results</h4>The total annual costs of mental disorders in China increased from $1,094.8 in 2005 to $3,665.4 in 2013 for individual patients, and from "],"journal":["BMC psychiatry"],"pubmed_title":["The economic burden of mental disorders in China, 2005-2013: implications for health policy."],"pmcid":["PMC4864926"],"funding_grant_id":["71373146"],"pubmed_authors":["Wimo A","Qiu C","Wang J","Xu J"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"The economic burden of mental disorders in China, 2005-2013: implications for health policy.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Mental disorders represent a major contributor to disease burden worldwide. We sought to quantify the national economic burden of mental disorders in China.<h4>Methods</h4>We used a prevalence-based, bottom-up approach to estimate the economic costs of mental disorders in 2005-2013 in China. Prevalence data were derived from a national survey. Cost data were derived from the electronic health records of two psychiatric hospitals that consisted of 25,289 outpatients (10%) and inpatients (90%) who were diagnosed with a mental disorder. Cost items included direct medical costs, direct non-medical costs, and indirect costs.<h4>Results</h4>The total annual costs of mental disorders in China increased from $1,094.8 in 2005 to $3,665.4 in 2013 for individual patients, and from ","dates":{"release":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2016 May","modification":"2026-07-15T16:25:19.574Z","creation":"2026-07-07T03:08:28.57Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4864926","cross_references":{"pubmed":["27169936"],"doi":["10.1186/s12888-016-0839-0"]}}