Centre for Economic Performance’s Mental Health Policy Group (2012) How mental illness loses out in the NHS. Centre for Economic Performance special papers (CEPSP26). London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
Mental illness accounts for a massive share of the total burden of disease. Even when we include the burden of premature death mental illness accounts for 23% of the total burden of disease. Yet, despite the existence of cost-effective treatments, it receives only 13% of NHS health expenditure. The under-treatment of people with crippling mental illnesses is the most glaring case of health inequality in our country. The need for a rethink is urgent. At present mental health care is, if anything, being cut. It should be expanded. This is a matter of fairness, to remedy a gross inequality, and it is a matter of simple economics – the net cost to the NHS would be very small. When everyone praises early intervention, it is particularly shocking that the sharpest cuts today are those affecting children.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Report) |
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| Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 Centre for Economic Performance, LSE |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology |
| JEL classification: | I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Suicide, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I18 - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2012 10:29 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2024 05:05 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/44572 |
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