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Andrews, Gavin, Sanderson, Kristy 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3132-2745, Corry, Justine, Issakidis, Cathy and Lapsley, Helen
(2003)
Cost-effectiveness of current and optimal treatment for schizophrenia.
British Journal of Psychiatry, 183.
pp. 427-435.
ISSN 1472-1465
Abstract
Background: This paper is part of a project to identify the proportion of the burden of each mental disorder averted by current and optimal interventions, and the cost-effectiveness of both. Aims: To use epidemiological data on schizophrenia to model the cost-effectiveness of current and optimal treatment. Method: Calculate the burden of schizophrenia in the years lived with disability (YLD) component of disability-adjusted life-years lost, the proportion averted by current interventions, the proportion that could be averted by optimal treatment and the cost-effectiveness of both. Results: Current interventions avert some 13% of the burden, whereas 22% could be averted by optimal treatment. Current interventions cost about AUS$200 000 per YLD averted, whereas optimal treatment at a similar cost could increase the number of YLDs averted by two-thirds. Even so, the majority of the burden of schizophrenia remains unavertable. Conclusions: Optimal treatment is affordable within the present budget and should be implemented.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jul 2021 00:18 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2023 03:02 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80603 |
| DOI: | 10.1192/bjp.183.5.427 |
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