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Real Output in Mental Health Care During the 1990s

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Health accounts document changes over time in the level and composition of health spending.There has been a continued evolution in the ability to track such outlays.Less rapid has been the ability to interpret changes in spending.In this paper we apply quality adjusted price indexes for several major mental disorders to national mental health account estimates to assess changes in real "output".We show that using the new price indexes reveals large gains in real output relative to application of BLS indexes.

Source: Forum for Health Economics & Policy

DOI: 10.2202/1558-9544.1040

Authors: Ernst R. Berndt, Alisa B. Busch, Richard G. Frank, Sharon-Lise Normand

Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, McLean Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2159851371

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Cites: 14

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10