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What's it worth now?: the social and economic costs of mental health problems in Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Scottish Association for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This report evaluates the social and economic costs of mental health problems in Scotland. It focuses on the costs of health and social care for people with mental health problems, including services provided by the NHS and local authorities, and assesses the costs of output losses in the economy that result from the adverse impact of mental health problems on work and employment. The report examines the human costs of mental health problems, particularly their negative impact on quality of life, and outlines the prevalence of mental health problems in the workplace and the cost to employers from sickness absence, staff turnover and workplace interventions. It examines the importance of prevention, recognition, early identification, rehabilitation and awareness training in the workplace. Finally, it discusses the extent and cost of mental health problems among people not in work, and employment support for workless people. The report estimates the human costs to be £5.6 billion, output losses £3.2 billion, health and social care costs £1.9 billion - a total of £10.7 billion in 2009-2010.
Counting the cost: the economic and social costs of mental illness in Northern Ireland
- Authors:
- NORTHERN IRELAND ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH, SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health,|Sainsbury Centre for Mental Heal
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The economic and social costs of mental illness in Northern Ireland amounted to nearly £3 billion in 2002/3 - more than the total spend on health and social care for all health conditions. The paper presents an estimate of the economic and social costs of mental illness in Northern Ireland, which is described and evaluated under three broad headings:costs of health and social care covering such costs as the services provided by the NHS for people experiencing mental health problems and also the costs of informal care given by family and friends; costs of output losses in the economy which result from the negative impact of mental illness on an individual’s ability to work; and human costs corresponding to the adverse effects of mental illness on the health related quality of life.
Unit costs of community care 1992/93
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, SMART Steve, comps
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 62p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
First in a planned series of reports bringing together the most up-to-date information on the unit costs of community care. Uses the economic concept of opportunity cost to define what should be measured and how. In 4 sections: services for older people; services for people with mental health problems; services for people with learning difficulties; and generic services.
Is integrated care associated with service costs and admission rates to institutional settings? An observational study of community mental health teams for older people in England
- Authors:
- WILBERFORCE Mark, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 31(11), 2016, pp.1208-1216.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Objectives: To evaluate the association between the degree of integration in community mental health teams (CMHTs) and: (i) the service costs of community mental health and social care provision; (ii) rates of mental health inpatient and care home admission. Methods: An observational study of service use and admissions to institutional care was undertaken for a prospectively-sampled cohort of patients from eight CMHTs in England. Teams were chosen to represent ‘high’ or ‘low’ levels of integrated working practice and patients were followed-up for seven months. General linear models were used to estimate service costs and the likelihood of institutional admission. Results: Patients supported by high integration teams received services costing an estimated 44% more than comparable patients in low integration teams. However, after controlling for case mix, no significant differences were found in the likelihood of admission to mental health inpatient wards or care homes between team types. Conclusions: Integrated mental health and social care teams appeared to facilitate greater access to community care services, but no consequent association was found with community tenure. Further research is required to identify the necessary and sufficient components of integrated community mental health care, and its effect on a wider range of outcomes using patient-reported measures (Edited publisher abstract)
The effects of dependence and function on costs of care for Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment in Ireland
- Authors:
- GILLESPIE P., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(3), 2013, pp.256-264.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Data from the Enhancing Care in Alzheimer’s Disease study was used to estimate the cost of formal and informal care in a cross sectional sample of 100 community-based patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in Ireland over a period of six months. Further analysis explored the effects of patient dependence and function on cost. Formal care included general practice visits, hospitalisations, outpatient clinic consultations, accident and emergency visits, respite care, meals on wheels services and other health and social care professional consultations. Informal care included time input provided by caregivers. Resource unit costs valued formal care and the opportunity cost method informal care. Patient dependence was measured using the Dependence Scale and functional capacity using the Disability Assessment for Dementia scale. The result indicate that both dependence and function were independently and significantly associated with total formal and informal care cost: a one point increase in dependence was associated with a €796 increase in total cost and a one point improvement in function with a €417 reduction in total cost over 6 months. Patient function was associated with formal care costs, whereas patient function and dependence were both associated with informal care costs. The authors suggest that interventions that reduce patient dependence and functional decline may be associated with important economic benefits.
Facts about carers 2012: policy briefing
- Author:
- CARERS UK
- Publisher:
- Carers UK
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication provides an overview of key facts and figures about carers. It includes information on: the number of carers; the characteristics of carers; what carers do; who carers care for; the impact of caring; and support for carers. It includes statistics on employment, health, age, tasks, finances and poverty, and rights. It reports that the vast majority of care in the UK is provided by family, friends and relatives. The care they provide is worth an estimated £119bn per year. Social services and the NHS rely on carers’ willingness and ability to provide care. The latest estimates suggest that there are nearly 6.5 million carers in the UK, a rise of just over 9%, from 5.8 million in 2001. This represents 10.5% of the total population, or 12.6% of the adult population.
The mental health residential care study: the costs of provision
- Authors:
- CHISHOLM Daniel, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 6(1), February 1997, pp.85-99.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
This article sets out the methods used to undertake the costing of mental health residential care and describes the accommodation and non-accommodation costs of facilities covered by the survey and the people resident within them. The costs of accommodation tended to be lowest in the private sector, followed by the voluntary sector. The highest accommodation costs were observed for NHS facilities. This is in contrast to non-accommodation costs, which are lowest for residents in specialised hospital settings and highest for those in community settings with lower levels of on-site support, such as group homes. Comments that these cost differences between alternative settings and sectors may reflect different resident, facility and area characteristics, an hypothesis which is under further investigation.
Unit costs of health and social care 1996
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, DENNETT Jane, comps
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 147p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
The fourth volume in a series of reports which aim to improve unit cost estimates over a period of time. Includes sections on services for: elderly people; people with mental health problems; people with learning difficulties; services for children and families; and people with AIDS/HIV.
Unit costs of community care 1994
- Authors:
- NETTEN Ann, comp
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 104p.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Contains sections on services for: older people; people with mental health problems; people with learning difficulties; children and families; and generic services.
SCIE Research briefing 41: factors that promote and hinder joint and integrated working between health and social care services
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, CAMERON Ailsa, LART Rachel, BOSTOCK Lisa, COOMBER Caroline
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The research briefing focuses on jointly-organised services for older people and people with mental health problems in the UK only. It identifies different models of working between health and social care services at the strategic, commissioning and operational levels; evidence of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness; factors promoting and obstacles hindering the success of these models; and the perspectives of people who use services and their carers. The main issues are discussed under themes of: organisational issues; cultural and professional issues; and contextual issues. Gaps in the research evidence and the need to develop high-quality, large-scale research into joint and integrated working are also identified. The briefing updates a previous systematic review and excludes papers published before 2000.