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- Title
A cost-utility analysis of psychoanalysis versus psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
- Authors
Berghout, Caspar C.; Zevalkink, Jolien; Hakkaart-van Roijen, Leona
- Abstract
Objectives: Despite the considerable and growing body of research about the clinical effectiveness of long-term psychoanalytic treatment, relatively little attention has been paid to economic evaluations, particularly with reference to the broader range of societal effects. In this cost-utility study, we examined the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of psychoanalysis versus psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Methods: Incremental costs and effects were estimated by means of cross-sectional measurements in a cohort design (psychoanalysis, n = 78; psychoanalytic psychotherapy, n = 104). Quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) were estimated for each treatment strategy using the SF-6D. Total costs were calculated from a societal perspective (treatment costs plus other societal costs) and discounted at 4 percent. Results: Psychoanalysis was more costly than psychoanalytic psychotherapy, but also more effective from a health-related quality of life perspective. The ICER—that is, the extra costs to gain one additional QALY by delivering psychoanalysis instead of psychoanalytic psychotherapy—was estimated at €52,384 per QALY gained. Conclusions: Our findings show that the cost-utility ratio of psychoanalysis relative to psychoanalytic psychotherapy is within an acceptable range. More research is needed to find out whether cost-utility ratios vary with different types of patients. We also encourage cost-utility analyses comparing psychoanalytic treatment to other forms of (long-term) treatment.
- Subjects
PSYCHOANALYSIS; PATHOLOGICAL psychology; LONG-term health care; COST effectiveness; HUMAN growth
- Publication
International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 2010, Vol 26, Issue 1, p3
- ISSN
0266-4623
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0266462309990791