Rendu, Alison, Moran, Paul, Patel, Anita, Knapp, Martin 
ORCID: 0000-0003-1427-0215 and Mann, Anthony
(2002)
Economic impact of personality disorders in UK primary care attenders.
British Journal of Psychiatry, 181 (1).
pp. 62-66.
ISSN 0007-1250
Abstract
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 £ sterling at 1999 price levels. Results: The mean total cost for patients with personality disorders was £3094 (s.d.=5324) compared with £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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://bjp.rcpsych.org |
| Additional Information: | © 2002 Royal College of Psychiatrists |
| Divisions: | Social Policy Care Policy and Evaluation Centre LSE Health |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
| JEL classification: | I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I1 - Health > I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Suicide, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Sep 2008 13:14 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2025 06:31 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/18126 |
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