@article{Baca-Garcia2008,

title = {Patterns of Mental Health Service Utilization in a General Hospital and Outpatient Mental Health Facilities: Analysis of 365,262 Psychiatric Consultations},

author = {Enrique Baca-Garc\'{i}a and Mercedes M Perez-Rodriguez and Ignacio Basurte-Villamor and Javier F Quintero-Gutierrez and Juncal Sevilla-Vicente and Maria Martinez-Vigo and Antonio Art\'{e}s-Rodr\'{i}guez and Antonio Fernandez L del Moral and Miguel A Jimenez-Arriero and Jose Gonzalez L de Rivera},

url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17990050},

issn = {0940-1334},

year  = {2008},

date = {2008-01-01},

journal = {European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience},

volume = {258},

number = {2},

pages = {117--123},

abstract = {PURPOSE: Mental health is one of the priorities of the European Commission. Studies of the use and cost of mental health facilities are needed in order to improve the planning and efficiey of mental health resources. We analyze the patterns of mental health service use in multiple clinical settings to identify factors associated with high cost. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: 22,859 patients received psychiatric care in the catchment area of a Spanish hospital (2000-2004). They had 365,262 psychiatric consultations in multiple settings. Two groups were selected that generated 80% of total costs: the medium cost group (N = 4,212; 50% of costs), and the high cost group (N = 236; 30% of costs). Statistical analyses were performed using univariate and multivariate techniques. Significant variables in univariate analyses were introduced as independent variables in a logistic regression analysis using "high cost" (\>7,263$) as dependent variable. RESULTS: Costs were not evenly distributed throughout the sample. 19.4% of patients generated 80% of costs. The variables associated with high cost were: age group 1 (0-14 years) at the first evaluation, permanent disability, and ICD-10 diagnoses: Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders; Mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use; Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders; Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors; External causes of morbidity and mortality; and Factors influencing health status and contact with health services. DISCUSSION: Mental healthcare costs were not evenly distributed throughout the patient population. The highest costs are associated with early onset of the mental disorder, permanent disability, organic mental disorders, substance-related disorders, psychotic disorders, and external factors that influence the health status and contact with health services or cause morbidity and mortality. CONCLUSION: Variables related to psychiatric diagnoses and sociodemographic factors have influence on the cost of mental healthcare.},

keywords = {80 and over, Adolescent, Adult, Age Distribution, Aged, Ambulatory Care, Ambulatory Care: statistics \& numerical data, Ambulatory Care: utilization, Child, Diagnosis-Related Groups, Female, General, General: statistics \& numerical data, General: utilization, Health Care Costs, Health Care Costs: statistics \& numerical data, Health Services Accessibility, Health Services Accessibility: statistics \& numeri, Health Services Needs and Demand, Health Services Needs and Demand: statistics \& num, Hospitals, Humans, Male, Mental Disorders, Mental Disorders: classification, Mental Disorders: diagnosis, Mental Disorders: epidemiology, Mental Disorders: therapy, Mental Health Services, Mental Health Services: economics, Mental Health Services: utilization, Middle Aged, Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care), Preschool, Psychiatry, Psychiatry: economics, Psychiatry: statistics \& numerical data, Sex Distribution, Spain, Spain: epidemiology, Utilization Review, Utilization Review: statistics \& numerical data},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}