ArticleThe European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2010
Health costs in patients treated for depression, in patients with depressive symptoms treated for another chronic disorder, and in non-depressed patients: a two-year prospective cohort study in anthroposophic outpatient settings.
Article in The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- The excess costs of depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2019Pooled it
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- Association of Mental Health Disorders With Health Care Utilization and Costs Among Adults With Chronic Disease.JAMA network open · 2019Article
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- Comparison of Effect ofJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2017Article
- Overview of the Publications From the Anthroposophic Medicine Outcomes Study (AMOS): A Whole System Evaluation Study.Global advances in health and medicine · 2014Review
- Anthroposophic medicine: an integrative medical system originating in europe.Global advances in health and medicine · 2013Article
- Anthroposophic therapy for migraine: a two-year prospective cohort study in routine outpatient settings.The open neurology journal · 2010Article
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Abstract
We studied costs of healthcare and productivity loss in 487 German outpatients starting anthroposophic treatment: Group 1 was treated for depression, Group 2 had depressive symptoms but were treated for another chronic disorder, while Group 3 did not have depressive symptoms. Costs were adjusted for socio-demographics, comorbidity, and baseline health status. Total costs in groups 1-3 averaged euro7,129, euro4,371, and euro3,532 in the pre-study year (P = 0.008); euro6,029, euro3,522, and euro3,353 in the first year (P = 0.083); and euro4,929, euro3,792, and euro4,031 in the second year (P = 0.460). In the 2nd year, costs were significantly reduced in Group 1. This study underlines the importance of depression for health costs, and suggests that treatment of depression could be associated with long-term cost reductions.
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