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¹Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, UK. paul.mccrone@kcl.ac.uk

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

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Summary

Economic evaluations are crucial for mental health care investments. This review highlights key methods for measuring costs and outcomes to ensure efficient resource allocation in mental health services.

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Area of Science:

Health Economics
Mental Health Services Research

Background:

Resource allocation for innovative mental health services requires careful economic evaluation.
Ensuring investments in mental health are justified necessitates comparison with alternative uses of scarce resources.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify and discuss key methodological issues in economic evaluations of mental health care.
To provide clarity on the measurement and combination of costs and outcomes in mental health economic studies.

Main Methods:

A non-systematic review of existing mental health economic evaluations.
Identification of critical methodological considerations for cost and outcome measurement.

Main Results:

Economic evaluations necessitate clear methods for measuring and combining costs and outcomes.
Key considerations for cost measurement include perspective (health service vs. societal), method (self-report vs. databases), and valuation.
The choice between condition-specific and generic outcome measures presents a challenge, with ongoing debate on the utility of Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) in mental health.

Conclusions:

The number of economic evaluations in mental health care is growing.
Continued development and refinement of methodologies for conducting mental health economic studies are essential for researchers and policymakers.