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Associations of serious mental illness with earnings
— results from the WHO World Mental Health surveys | | Author(s) | Daphna Levinson, Matthew D Lakoma, Maria Petukhova |
| Journal title | British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 197, no 2, August 2010 |
| Pages | pp 114-121 |
| Source | http://bjp.rcpsych.org doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.073635 |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Remuneration ; Correlation ; International. |
| Annotation | Burden-of-illness data, which are often used in setting healthcare policy-spending priorities, are unavailable for mental disorders in most countries. The aim of this study was to examine one central aspect of illness burden, the association of serious mental illness with earnings, in the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. The WMH Surveys were carried out in 10 high-income and 9 low- and middle-income countries. The associations of personal earnings with serious mental illness were estimated. Results indicate that respondents with serious mental illness earned on average a third less than median earnings, with no significant between-country differences. These losses are equivalent to 0.3-0.8% of total national earnings. Reduced earnings among those with earnings and the increased probability of not earning are both important components of these associations. These results add to a growing body of evidence that mental disorders have high societal costs. Decisions about healthcare resource allocation should take these costs into consideration. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100809216 A |
| Classmark | E: WL: 49: 72 |
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