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- Title
Cost-effectiveness of different clinical interventions for reducing the burden of schizophrenia in Spain.
- Authors
Gutierrez‐Recacha, P.; Chisholm, D.; Haro, J. M.; Salvador‐Carulla, L.; Ayuso‐Mateos, J. L.
- Abstract
Objective: To estimate the cost-effectiveness of interventions for reducing the burden of schizophrenia in Spain. Method: The study examined the cost-effectiveness of seven different types of clinical interventions at the level of Spanish population: i) current situation; ii) older antipsychotics alone; iii) new antipsychotics alone (risperidone); iv) older antipsychotics plus psychosocial treatment; v) new antipsychotics plus psychosocial treatment; vi) older antipsychotics plus case management and psychosocial treatment; vii) new antipsychotics plus case management and psychosocial treatment. Results: Interventions based on the combination of haloperidol with psychosocial treatment or psychosocial treatment plus case management proved to be the most efficient strategies. Conclusion: The relatively modest additional cost of concurrent psychosocial treatment has significant health gains, thereby making such a combined strategy for schizophrenia more cost-effective than pharmacology alone.
- Subjects
SCHIZOTYPAL personality disorder; ANTIPSYCHOTIC agents; MENTAL illness; DEPERSONALIZATION; SCHIZOPHASIA
- Publication
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2006, Vol 114, p29
- ISSN
0001-690X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0447.2006.00917.x