Hospital treatment, mortality and healthcare costs in relation to socioeconomic status among people with bipolar affective disorder
Background Evidence regarding the relationships between the socioeconomic status and long-term outcomes of individuals with bipolar affective disorder (BPD) is lacking....
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| author | Yi-Ju. Pan Ling-Ling Yeh Yu-Chun Chen Kuei-Hong Kuo Chin-Kuo Chang |
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Background
Evidence regarding the relationships between the socioeconomic status and
long-term outcomes of individuals with bipolar affective disorder (BPD)
is lacking.
Aims
We aimed to estimate the effects of baseline socioeconomic status on
longitudinal outcomes.
Method
A national cohort of adult participants with newly diagnosed BPD was
identified in 2008. The effects of personal and household socioeconomic
status were explored on outcomes of hospital treatment, mortality and
healthcare costs, over a 3-year follow-up period (2008–2011).
Results
A total of 7987 participants were recruited. The relative risks of
hospital treatment and mortality were found elevated for the ones from
low-income households who also had higher healthcare costs. Low premium
levels did not correlate with future healthcare costs.
Conclusions
Socioeconomic deprivation is associated with poorer outcome and higher
healthcare costs in BPD patients. Special care should be given to those
with lower socioeconomic status to improve outcomes with potential
benefits of cost savings in the following years.
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| spelling | doaj.art-b86e541f1f0046f7a7456af512d2381d2023-03-09T12:28:37ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242016-01-012101710.1192/bjpo.bp.115.000810Hospital treatment, mortality and healthcare costs in relation to socioeconomic status among people with bipolar affective disorderYi-Ju. Pan0Ling-Ling Yeh1Yu-Chun Chen2Kuei-Hong Kuo3Chin-Kuo Chang4Department of Psychiatry, Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, TaiwanAsia University, Taichung, TaiwanSchool of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Department of Medical Research and Education, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan City, TaiwanSchool of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Psychological Medicine, King's College London (Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience), London, UK Background Evidence regarding the relationships between the socioeconomic status and long-term outcomes of individuals with bipolar affective disorder (BPD) is lacking. Aims We aimed to estimate the effects of baseline socioeconomic status on longitudinal outcomes. Method A national cohort of adult participants with newly diagnosed BPD was identified in 2008. The effects of personal and household socioeconomic status were explored on outcomes of hospital treatment, mortality and healthcare costs, over a 3-year follow-up period (2008–2011). Results A total of 7987 participants were recruited. The relative risks of hospital treatment and mortality were found elevated for the ones from low-income households who also had higher healthcare costs. Low premium levels did not correlate with future healthcare costs. Conclusions Socioeconomic deprivation is associated with poorer outcome and higher healthcare costs in BPD patients. Special care should be given to those with lower socioeconomic status to improve outcomes with potential benefits of cost savings in the following years. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472400001095/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Yi-Ju. Pan Ling-Ling Yeh Yu-Chun Chen Kuei-Hong Kuo Chin-Kuo Chang Hospital treatment, mortality and healthcare costs in relation to socioeconomic status among people with bipolar affective disorder BJPsych Open |
| title | Hospital treatment, mortality and healthcare costs in relation to socioeconomic status among people with bipolar affective disorder |
| title_full | Hospital treatment, mortality and healthcare costs in relation to socioeconomic status among people with bipolar affective disorder |
| title_fullStr | Hospital treatment, mortality and healthcare costs in relation to socioeconomic status among people with bipolar affective disorder |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hospital treatment, mortality and healthcare costs in relation to socioeconomic status among people with bipolar affective disorder |
| title_short | Hospital treatment, mortality and healthcare costs in relation to socioeconomic status among people with bipolar affective disorder |
| title_sort | hospital treatment mortality and healthcare costs in relation to socioeconomic status among people with bipolar affective disorder |
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