In: Psychotherapy and psychosomatics, 81 (2012), Nr. 5. pp. 265-275. ISSN 0033-3190
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Abstract
Objective: To review cost-of-illness studies (COI) and economic evaluations (EE) conducted for medically unexplained symptoms and to analyze their methods and results. Methods: We searched the databases PubMed, PsycINFO and National Health Service Economic Evaluations Database of the University of York. Cost data were inflated to 2006 using country-specific gross domestic product inflators and converted to 2006 USD purchasing power parities. Results: We identified 5 COI and 8 EE, of which 6 were cost-minimization analyses and 2 were cost-effectiveness analyses. All studies used patient level data collected between 1980 and 2004 and were predominantly conducted in the USA (n = 10). COI found annual excess health care costs of somatizing patients between 432 and 5,353 USD in 2006 values. Indirect costs were estimated by only one EE and added up to about 18,000 USD per year. In EE, educational interventions for physicians as well as cognitive-behavioral therapy approaches for patients were evaluated. For both types of interventions, effectiveness was either shown within EE or by previous studies.
Document type: | Article |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Psychotherapy and psychosomatics |
Volume: | 81 |
Number: | 5 |
Publisher: | S. Karger AG |
Date Deposited: | 22 Dec 2014 08:24 |
Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 0033-3190 |
Page Range: | pp. 265-275 |
Faculties / Institutes: | Medizinische Fakultät Heidelberg > Psychosomatische Universitätsklinik |
DDC-classification: | 610 Medical sciences Medicine |