BACKGROUND: The socio-economic impact of bipolar disorder in the UK is unknown. AIMS: To estimate the annual socio-economic burden imposed by bipolar disorder on UK society. METHOD: The annual cost of resource use attributable to managing bipolar disorder was calculated. Indirect societal costs were also calculated. RESULTS: The annual National Health Service (NHS) cost of managing bipolar disorder was estimated to be 199 million pounds sterling , of which hospital admissions accounted for 35%. The annual direct non-health-care cost was estimated to be 86 million pounds sterling annually and the indirect societal cost was estimated to be 1770 million pounds sterling annually. CONCLUSIONS: The annual cost to UK society attributable to bipolar disorder was estimated to be 2 billion pounds sterling at 1999/2000 prices (estimated 297 000 people with the disorder). Ten per cent of this cost is attributable to NHS resource use, 4% to non-health-care resource use and 86% to indirect costs.
BACKGROUND: The socio-economic impact of bipolar disorder in the UK is unknown. AIMS: To estimate the annual socio-economic burden imposed by bipolar disorder on UK society. METHOD: The annual cost of resource use attributable to managing bipolar disorder was calculated. Indirect societal costs were also calculated. RESULTS: The annual National Health Service (NHS) cost of managing bipolar disorder was estimated to be 199 million pounds sterling , of which hospital admissions accounted for 35%. The annual direct non-health-care cost was estimated to be 86 million pounds sterling annually and the indirect societal cost was estimated to be 1770 million pounds sterling annually. CONCLUSIONS: The annual cost to UK society attributable to bipolar disorder was estimated to be 2 billion pounds sterling at 1999/2000 prices (estimated 297 000 people with the disorder). Ten per cent of this cost is attributable to NHS resource use, 4% to non-health-care resource use and 86% to indirect costs.
Authors: Ronald C Kessler; Hagop S Akiskal; Minnie Ames; Howard Birnbaum; Paul Greenberg; Robert M A Hirschfeld; Robert Jin; Kathleen R Merikangas; Gregory E Simon; Philip S Wang Journal: Am J Psychiatry Date: 2006-09 Impact factor: 18.112
Authors: Jason S King; Regina Teo; Jonathan Ryves; Jonathan V Reddy; Owen Peters; Ben Orabi; Oliver Hoeller; Robin S B Williams; Adrian J Harwood Journal: Dis Model Mech Date: 2009-04-21 Impact factor: 5.758