@article{ref1,
title="Bipolar disorders in Australia. A population-based study of excess costs",
journal="Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology",
year="2007",
author="Fisher, L. J. and Goldney, Robert D. and Dal Grande, Eleonora and Taylor, Anne W. and Hawthorne, Graeme",
volume="42",
number="2",
pages="105-109",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To estimate the excess costs associated with bipolar disorders in Australia, based on prevalence (using the Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ)) and associated excess burden-of-illness costs. METHODS: Using data from the 2004 South Australian Health Omnibus Survey (HOS), a weighted cross-sectional survey of 3,015 adults, excess costs were estimated from health service utilisation. RESULTS: There was a 2.5% lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorders, delineated by the MDQ. Those persons (MDQ positive) reported a significantly greater use of services and a poorer health status and quality of life than those who were MDQ negative. Using the service provision perspective, excess costs of bipolar disorders in Australia were approx $3.97-$4.95 billion. CONCLUSIONS: These results from an Australian population demonstrate the significant economic burden of bipolar disorders. Our findings emphasise the need for further evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of different treatments, or alternative means of reducing the burden borne by individuals, the health system and the general community.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0933-7954",
doi="10.1007/s00127-006-0133-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-006-0133-4"
}