Is implementation of the 2013 Australian treatment guidelines for posttraumatic stress disorder cost-effective compared to current practice? A cost-utility analysis using QALYs and DALYs

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 360-376

  Mihalopoulos, Cathrine ^a   Magnus, Anne ^a   Lal, Anita ^a   Dell, Lisa ^b   Forbes, David ^b   Phelps, Andrea ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Centre for Posttraumatic Mental Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; efficiency; guidelines; mental health; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRAUMA FOCUSED COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84925627524     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867414553948     Document Type: Article

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