TY - JOUR
T1 - The cost of schizophrenia treatment in Taiwan
AU - Lang, Hui Chu
AU - Su, Tung Pine
PY - 2004/8
Y1 - 2004/8
N2 - The costs associated with mental illness in Taiwan have been the subject of discussion and concern in Taiwan's Bureau of National Health Insurance. The authors report the first estimates of these costs on the basis of national data for 52,432 patients treated in 1999. Total schizophrenia-related health care expenditure was estimated at $112.4 million, which constituted 1.2 percent of national health care expenditures that year. The cost per outpatient visit was $57, the cost per admission was $1,123, and the annual average direct cost of treating a person with schizophrenia was $2,144.
AB - The costs associated with mental illness in Taiwan have been the subject of discussion and concern in Taiwan's Bureau of National Health Insurance. The authors report the first estimates of these costs on the basis of national data for 52,432 patients treated in 1999. Total schizophrenia-related health care expenditure was estimated at $112.4 million, which constituted 1.2 percent of national health care expenditures that year. The cost per outpatient visit was $57, the cost per admission was $1,123, and the annual average direct cost of treating a person with schizophrenia was $2,144.
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U2 - 10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.928
DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.55.8.928
M3 - Article
C2 - 15292543
AN - SCOPUS:3543057685
SN - 1075-2730
VL - 55
SP - 928
EP - 930
JO - Psychiatric Services
JF - Psychiatric Services
IS - 8
ER -
