TY - JOUR
KW - Analysis of Variance
KW - Cost of Illness
KW - Family Practice/economics
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Health Care Costs/statistics & numerical data
KW - Humans
KW - London
KW - Mental Disorders/complications/economics
KW - Personality Disorders/complications/economics
KW - Primary Health Care/economics
KW - Prospective Studies
KW - State Medicine/economics
AU - A. Rendu
AU - P. Moran
AU - A. Patel
AU - M. Knapp
AU - A. Mann
A1 - 
AB - BACKGROUND: The economic impact of personality disorders on UK health services is unknown. AIMS: To test the hypothesis that people with personality disorders have higher mean health and non-health costs compared with those without personality disorders. METHOD: Prospective cohort study design. A total of 303 general practice attenders were followed-up I year after they had been assessed for the presence of personality disorders. Costs were estimated in pound sterling at 1999 price levels. RESULTS: The mean total cost for patients with personality disorders was pound sterling 3094 (s.d.=5324) compared with pound sterling 1633 (s.d.=3779) for those without personality disorders. Personality disorders were not independently associated with increased costs. Multivariate analyses identified the presence of a significant interaction between personality disorders and common mental disorders and increased total costs (coefficient=499, 95% CI 180.1-626.2, P=0.002). CONCLUSIONS: Personality disorders are not independently associated with increased costs. An interaction between personality disorders and common mental disorders significantly predicts increased total costs.
BT - The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
C5 - Financing & Sustainability
CY - England
JF - The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
N2 - BACKGROUND: The economic impact of personality disorders on UK health services is unknown. AIMS: To test the hypothesis that people with personality disorders have higher mean health and non-health costs compared with those without personality disorders. METHOD: Prospective cohort study design. A total of 303 general practice attenders were followed-up I year after they had been assessed for the presence of personality disorders. Costs were estimated in pound sterling at 1999 price levels. RESULTS: The mean total cost for patients with personality disorders was pound sterling 3094 (s.d.=5324) compared with pound sterling 1633 (s.d.=3779) for those without personality disorders. Personality disorders were not independently associated with increased costs. Multivariate analyses identified the presence of a significant interaction between personality disorders and common mental disorders and increased total costs (coefficient=499, 95% CI 180.1-626.2, P=0.002). CONCLUSIONS: Personality disorders are not independently associated with increased costs. An interaction between personality disorders and common mental disorders significantly predicts increased total costs.
PP - England
PY - 2002
SN - 0007-1250; 0007-1250
SP - 62
EP - 66
EP - 
T1 - Economic impact of personality disorders in UK primary care attenders
T2 - The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
TI - Economic impact of personality disorders in UK primary care attenders
U1 - Financing & Sustainability
U2 - 12091265
VL - 181
VO - 0007-1250; 0007-1250
Y1 - 2002
ER -