TY - JOUR
T1 - Indirect costs of depression and other mental and behavioural disorders for Australia from 2015 to 2030
AU - TANTON, Robert
AU - Schofield, Deborah
AU - Cunich, Michelle
AU - Shrestha, Rupendra N.
AU - Veerman, Jacob Lennert
AU - KELLY, Simon
AU - Passey, Megan E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The development of the microsimulation model used in this study, Health&WealthMOD2030, is funded by the Australian Research Council (under grant LP100100158) and Pfizer Australia is a partner to the grant. M.P. is funded by Fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and the Sydney Medical Foundation. All authors are independent from the funding sources, and the funding sources (including Pfizer Australia) played no part in the research design, undertaking of the analysis, formulation or interpretation of the results, decision to publish the research findings, nor any other part of the research process.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2019.
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - Background
The impact of mental disorders has been assessed in relation to longevity and quality of life; however, mental disorders also have an impact on productive life-years (PLYs).
Aims
To quantify the long-term costs of Australians aged 45–64 having lost PLYs because of mental disorders.
Method
The Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers 2003, 2009 formed the base population of Health&WealthMOD2030 – a microsimulation model integrating output from the Static Incomes Model, the Australian Population and Policy Simulation Model, the Treasury and the Australian Burden of Disease Study.
Results
For depression, individuals incurred a loss of AU$1062 million in income in 2015, projected to increase to AU$1539 million in 2030 (45% increase). The government is projected to incur costs comprising a 22% increase in social security payments and a 45% increase in lost taxes as a result of depression through its impact on PLYs.
Conclusions
Effectiveness of mental health programmes should be judged not only in terms of healthcare use but also quality of life and economic well-being.
AB - Background
The impact of mental disorders has been assessed in relation to longevity and quality of life; however, mental disorders also have an impact on productive life-years (PLYs).
Aims
To quantify the long-term costs of Australians aged 45–64 having lost PLYs because of mental disorders.
Method
The Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers 2003, 2009 formed the base population of Health&WealthMOD2030 – a microsimulation model integrating output from the Static Incomes Model, the Australian Population and Policy Simulation Model, the Treasury and the Australian Burden of Disease Study.
Results
For depression, individuals incurred a loss of AU$1062 million in income in 2015, projected to increase to AU$1539 million in 2030 (45% increase). The government is projected to incur costs comprising a 22% increase in social security payments and a 45% increase in lost taxes as a result of depression through its impact on PLYs.
Conclusions
Effectiveness of mental health programmes should be judged not only in terms of healthcare use but also quality of life and economic well-being.
KW - Depression
KW - Behavioural disorders
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U2 - 10.1192%2Fbjo.2019.26
DO - 10.1192%2Fbjo.2019.26
M3 - Article
SN - 2056-4724
VL - 5
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - BJPsych Open
JF - BJPsych Open
IS - 3
M1 - e40
ER -
