Dollars, DALYs and Decisions: Economic Aspects of the Mental Health System
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Chilsholm, D., Saxena, S., van Ommeren, M.
World Health Organization
ISBN-13    9789241563338 ISBN-10    9241563338
Order Number    11500692 Format    Package
Price    CHF    20.00 / US$    24.00 Developing countries:    CHF    14.00
English     2006        56   pages
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The widening recognition of mental health as a significant international public health issue has led to an increasing need to demonstrate that investment of resources into service development is both required and also worthwhile. In particular, there is a need to generate evidence on mental health care strategies that are not only effective and appropriate but are also cost-effective and sustainable. Aimed at health policy-makers and service researchers with an interest in strengthening mental health systems, this publication sets out to highlight the need for and relevance of an economic dimension to decision-making and to summarise results from existing mental health economic analyses.