A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Costs of brain disorders in Finland
Authors: Sillanpää M, Andlin-Sobocki P, Lönnqvist J
Publication year: 2008
Journal: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
Journal name in source: Acta neurologica Scandinavica
Journal acronym: Acta Neurol Scand
Volume: 117
Issue: 3
First page : 167
Last page: 172
Number of pages: 6
ISSN: 0001-6314
eISSN: 1600-0404
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0404.2007.00973.x
Abstract
To calculate the costs of brain disorders on the national level.\nElectronic data bases, national registers and internet data.\nAny brain disorder was estimated to affect a fifth of the Finnish population. The three most common disorders were migraine, anxiety disorder and affective disorder. The total costs of brain disorders constituted 3% of the national gross product, or 45% of all the health-care costs. However, this is likely a conservative estimate, because not all chronic brain disorders and not all costs were included. Of the total costs of brain disorders, 32% were for direct health care, 23% for indirect medical care and 45% for indirect costs. Dementia was the most costly individual brain disorder followed by addiction and affective disorders. Most costly per case were brain tumours and multiple sclerosis.\nBrain disorders constitute a costly part of the population's health costs. Directed preventive measures are needed to counteract the population morbidity and to control the increasing cost pressure in health care.\nOBJECTIVE\nMETHODS\nRESULTS\nCONCLUSION
To calculate the costs of brain disorders on the national level.\nElectronic data bases, national registers and internet data.\nAny brain disorder was estimated to affect a fifth of the Finnish population. The three most common disorders were migraine, anxiety disorder and affective disorder. The total costs of brain disorders constituted 3% of the national gross product, or 45% of all the health-care costs. However, this is likely a conservative estimate, because not all chronic brain disorders and not all costs were included. Of the total costs of brain disorders, 32% were for direct health care, 23% for indirect medical care and 45% for indirect costs. Dementia was the most costly individual brain disorder followed by addiction and affective disorders. Most costly per case were brain tumours and multiple sclerosis.\nBrain disorders constitute a costly part of the population's health costs. Directed preventive measures are needed to counteract the population morbidity and to control the increasing cost pressure in health care.\nOBJECTIVE\nMETHODS\nRESULTS\nCONCLUSION
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