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. 2017 Jul 28;3:633–638. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.07.012

Table 3.

The health-related costs of undiagnosed depression, Washington Heights, New York, 2015.

Factors Estimated change in HRQoL Index Per resident monetary cost/burdena
Having no undiagnosed depression associated with estimated baseline HRQoL of 0.9542
 Undiagnosed depression -0.0995 $9950
 Psychological stress count -0.0275 $2750
 Collective efficacy score +0.0147 ($1470)
 Any lifetime drug use -0.0255 $2550
 Has diagnosed asthma -0.0350 $3500
a

The value of an HRQoL score of 1.0 is $100,000.