A recent study led by Judit Simon from the Department of Health Economics, Center for Public Health, at the Medical University of Vienna shows for the first time comprehensively the extent to which people with mental disorders suffer from physical illnesses – and the resulting hospital costs. The analysis of data from 32 European countries, published The Lancet Psychiatry, shows that the inpatient and emergency treatment of physical comorbidities in alcohol use disorders, depression, bipolar disorders and schizophrenia accounted for a total of around 30.5 billion euros in additional annual hospital costs in Europe in 2019.
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Publication: The Lancet Psychiatry
Non-mental health inpatient and emergency care hospital costs associated with four mental disorders in Europe: a modelling study
Dennis Wienand, Guy M Goodwin, Judit Simon
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00138-5