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. 2013 Apr 3;34(1):32–37. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1016/S0212-6567(04)79448-2

Costes socioeconómicos de las enfermedades mentales en las Islas Canarias en 2002

Socioeconomic costs of Mental health in the canary Islands, spain, in 2002

J López-Bastida 1,, P Serrano-Aguilar 1, B Duque-González 1
PMCID: PMC7688693  PMID: 15207197

Abstract

Objective

To evaluate the economic impact in terms of direct and indirect costs of the mental health in Canary Islands (Spain) in 2002

Design

The cost-of-illness method was used. Direct and indirect costs were estimated using prevalence cost, i.e., the costs produced in 2002. The human capital theory approach has been used

Setting

Canary Islands, Spain, including primary health care and inpatient care

Participants

Mental health patients

Main measurements

Direct health costs (inpatients, ambulatory care, primary healthcare, and drugs). Indirect costs (premature death, short-term illness, and permanent disability)

Results

The total costs of mental health were 189,59 million euros. The direct health costs were 81,67 million euros, constituting 43% of the total costs and 5,2% of the total public health care budget in this region. The indirect costs of mental health were 107,92 million euros, representing 57% of the total costs

Conclusions

Although this study adopts a conservative approach, the high socioeconomic cost of the mental health helps us to define better the dimension of the problem to establish priorioties besides opening a way towards cost-effectiveness studies that allow a more transparent debate on this topic

Key words: Mental health, Prevalence, Costs, Canary Islands, Spain

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