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A Review of Economic Evaluations of Community Mental Health Care

Evan Roberts

University of Minnesota

Jacqueline Cumming

Katherine Nelson

Victoria University of Wellington

The authors review the methodology and findings of economic evaluations of 42 community mental health care programs reported in the English-language literature between 1979 and 2003. There were three substantial methodological problems in the literature: costs were often not completely specified, the quality of econometric analysis was often low, and most evaluations failed to integrate cost and health outcome information. Well-conducted research shows that care in the community dominates hospital in-patient care, achieving better outcomes at lower or equal cost. It is less clear what types of community programs are most cost-effective. Future research should focus on identifying which types of community care are most cost effective and at what level of intensity they are most effective.

Key Words: economic evaluation • community mental health care • literature review • cost-effectiveness analysis

Medical Care Research and Review, Vol. 62, No. 5, 503-543 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1077558705279307
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