Assessing the cost of early intervention in psychosis: A systematic review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 719-734

  Amos, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Baillie Henderson Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost; cost effectiveness; early intervention in psychosis; economic evaluation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; COST; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84871888873     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867412450470     Document Type: Review

References (38)

1. Brisbane Courier Mail. Brisbane ; 2011: 1.
2. Amos A. Selective bias in early intervention for psychosis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2012a ; 46: 719-734
3. Amos A. Early detection of psychosis: positive effects on 5-year outcome?. Psychological Medicine. 2012b ; 42: 669-670
4. Angelo C, Vittorio M, Anna M, Antonio P. Cost-effectiveness of treating first-episode psychosis: five-year follow-up results from an Italian early intervention programme. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2011 ; 5: 203-211
5. Bertelsen M, Jeppesen P, Petersen L, et al. Five-year follow-up of a randomized multicenter trial of intensive early intervention vs. standard treatment for patients with a first episode of psychotic illness: the OPUS trial. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2008 ; 65: 762-771 (Pubitemid 351957702)
6. Carter R, Vos T, Moodie M, et al. Priority setting in health: origins, description and application of the Australian Assessing Cost-Effectiveness initiative. Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. 2008 ; 8: 593-617
7. Castle D. The truth and nothing but the truth, about early intervention in psychosis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2012 ; 46: 10-13
8. Chen EYH. Early intervention in schizophrenia patients - rationale for its implementation and practice. Hong Kong Medical Journal. 1999 ; 5: 57-62
9. Craig TKJ, Garety PA, Power P, et al. The Lambeth Early Onset (LEO) Team: randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of specialised care for early psychosis. British Medical Journal. 2004 ; 329: 1067-1071
10. Cullberg J, Mattsson M, Levander S, et al. Treatment costs and clinical outcome for first episode schizophrenia patients: a 3-year follow-up of the Swedish 'Parachute Project' and two comparison groups. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2006 ; 114: 274-281 (Pubitemid 44389278)
11. Drummond MF, Sculpher MJ, Torrance GW, et al Methods for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care Programmes. Oxford: Oxford University Press ; 2005
12. Fenwick E, Byford S. A guide to cost-effectiveness acceptability curves. British Journal of Psychiatry. 2005 ; 187: 106-108 (Pubitemid 41139681)
13. Francey SM, Nelson B, Thompson A, et al. Who needs antipsychotic medication in the earliest stages of psychosis? A reconsideration of benefits, risks, neurobiology and ethics in the era of early intervention. Schizophrenia Research. 2010 ; 119: 1-10
14. Gafoor R, Nitsch D, McCrone P, et al. Effect of early intervention on 5-year outcome in non-affective psychosis. British Journal of Psychiatry. 2010 ; 196: 372-376
15. Cost-effectiveness in Health and Medicine. Gold MR Siegel JE Russell LB, ed. New York: Oxford University Press ; 1996
16. Goldberg K, Norman RMG, Hoch JS, et al. Impact of a specialized early intervention service for psychotic disorders on patient characteristics, service use, and hospital costs in a defined catchment area. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2006 ; 51: 895-903 (Pubitemid 46354053)
17. Larsen TK, Melle I, Auestad B, et al. Early detection of psychosis: positive effects on 5-year outcome. Psychological Medicine. 2011 ; 41: 1461-1469
18. Marshall M, Rathbone J. Early intervention for psychosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2011 ; (6). CD004718
19. McCrone P, Craig TKJ, Power P, et al. Cost-effectiveness of an early intervention service for people with psychosis. British Journal of Psychiatry. 2010 ; 196: 377-382
20. McGorry PD. Pre-emptive intervention in psychosis: agnostic rather than diagnostic. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2011 ; 45: 515-519
21. Mihalopoulos C, Harris MG, Henry L, et al. Is early intervention in psychosis cost-effective over the long term?. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2009 ; 35: 909-918
22. Mihalopoulos C, McGorry PD, Carter R. Is phase-specific, community-oriented treatment of early psychosis an economically viable method of improving outcome?. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 1999 ; 100: 47-55 (Pubitemid 29309197)
23. Mooney G, Scotton R Economics and Australian Health Policy. Sydney: Allen and Unwin ; 1998
24. Olsen KA, Rosenbaum B. Prospective investigations of the prodromal state of schizophrenia: review of studies. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2006 ; 113: 247-272
25. O'Brien BJ, Briggs AH. Analysis of uncertainty in health care cost-effectiveness studies: an introduction to statistical issues and methods. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 2002 ; 11: 455-468 (Pubitemid 36096865)
26. Pelosi AJ. Specialist EI teams are a waste of clinical resources. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2010 ; 55: 5-7
27. Pelosi AJ, Birchwood M. Is early intervention for psychosis a waste of valuable resources?. British Journal of Psychiatry. 2003 ; 182: 196-198 (Pubitemid 36286730)
28. Phillips LJ, Cotton S, Mihalopoulos C, et al. Cost implications of specific and non-specific treatment for young persons at ultra high risk of developing a first episode of psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2009 ; 3: 28-34
29. Rauh SS, Wadsworth E, Weeks WB. The fixed-cost dilemma: what counts when counting cost-reduction efforts?. Healthcare Financial Management. 2010 ; 64: 60-63
30. Reinhardt UE. Perspective: spending more through 'cost controls:' our obsessive quest to gut the hospital. Health Affairs. 1996 ; 15: 145-154
31. Roberts RR, Frutos PW, Ciavarella GG, et al. Distribution of variable vs. fixed costs of hospital care. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1999 ; 281: 644-9 (Pubitemid 29098066)
32. RoxonNMacklinJButlerM (2011) National Mental Health Reform - ministerial statement. Canberra: Australian Labour Party, pp.1-38. Available at: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/budget/publishing.nsf/Content/ 849AC423397634B7CA25789C001FE0AA/$File/DHA%20Ministerial.PDF (accessed 24 May 2012).
33. Serretti A, Mandelli L, Bajo E, et al. The socio-economical burden of schizophrenia: a simulation of cost-offset of early intervention program in Italy. European Psychiatry. 2009 ; 24: 11-16
34. Valmaggia LR, McCrone P, Knapp M, et al. Economic impact of early intervention in people at high risk of psychosis. Psychological Medicine. 2009 ; 39: 1617-1626
35. Weinstein MC, Siegel JE, Gold MR, et al. Recommendations of the Panel on Cost-effectiveness in Health and Medicine. Journal of the American Medical Association. 1996 ; 276: 1253-1258 (Pubitemid 26337709)
36. Wong KK, Chan SKW, Lam MML, et al. Cost-effectiveness of an early assessment service for young people with early psychosis in Hong Kong. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2011 ; 45: 673-680
37. Yung AR. Early intervention in psychosis: evidence, evidence gaps, criticism, and confusion. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2012 ; 46: 7-9
38. Yung AR, Nelson B, Stanford C, et al. Validation of 'prodromal' criteria to detect individuals at ultra high risk of psychosis: 2 year follow-up. Schizophrenia Research. 2008 ; 105: 10-17