The Economic Burden of Mental Illness

The Economic Burden of Mental Illness. Rice, D., P., Kelman, S., & Miller, L., S. Psychiatric Services, 43(12):1227-1232, 1992.

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Mental illness imposes a substantial burden on individuals and society. Using data from national surveys and a newly developed methodology for calculating costs, the authors estimate that in 1985 the total economic costs of mental illness were $103.7 billion. Of this total, direct treatment and support costs were $42.5 billion, or 11.5 percent of total personal health care spending for all illnesses. Morbidity costs-the value of reduced or lost productivity-amounted to $47.4 billion. Mortality costs-the lost value of productivity due to premature death resulting from mental illness-were estimated to be $9.3 billion, or 5.1 percent of total productivity losses for all deaths. Other related costs, including the cost of caregiver services, amounted to $4.5 billion.

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