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14584638

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
This paper addresses the use of health economics in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the Armed Forces, with a view to assessing the feasibility of carrying out future evaluative studies. Although psychological and pharmacological interventions can be used to treat PTSD, no economic evaluations are known to exist. There is an economic burden associated with PTSD, and treatments require the use of scarce resources. Health economics provides tools (including cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, and cost-utility analyses) to ascertain the relative efficiency of different treatment options. The paper concludes that the quality of life and resource consequences of PTSD require a better understanding of the economics of the disorder and the alternative ways to treat it.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0894-9867
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
519-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the Armed Forces: health economic considerations.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre for the Economics of Mental Health, Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, United Kingdom. p.mccrone@iop.kcl.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article