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  • Indirect costs of depression and other mental and behavioural disorders for Australia from 2015 to 2030

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    Schofield, Deborah
    Cunich, Michelle
    Shrestha, Rupendra
    Tanton, Robert
    Veerman, Lennert
    Kelly, Simon
    Passey, Megan
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Veerman, Lennert L.
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    2019
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    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, ...
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    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. Declaration of interest: None.
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    Journal Title
    BJPsych Open
    Volume
    5
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2019.26
    Copyright Statement
    © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2019. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence, which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is unaltered and is properly cited.
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    Clinical sciences
    Health services and systems
    Public health
    Psychology
    Science & Technology
    Life Sciences & Biomedicine
    Psychiatry
    Mental and behavioural disorders
    productive life-years (PLYs)
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/394857
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