Healthcare use and costs among individuals receiving mental health services for depression within primary care in Nepal

• Published in: BMC health services research Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 1596
• Main Authors: Aldridge, Luke R, Garman, Emily C, Patenaude, Bryan, Bass, Judith K, Jordans, Mark J D, Luitel, Nagendra P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 30.12.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Alcohol use; Analysis; Care and treatment; Community; Delivery of Health Care; Depression; Depression - therapy; Depression, Mental; Economic aspects; Female; Health care expenditures; Health facilities; Health services; Humans; Integration; Intervention; Low- and middle-income countries; Male; Medical care, Cost of; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health care; Mental Health Services; Mental healthcare; Nepal; Primary care; Primary Health Care; Psychiatric services; Psychotherapy; Service costs; Trends; Workers; Nepal; Ethiopia; India; Depression; Integration; Service costs; Low- and middle-income countries; Mental healthcare

Integrating mental health services into primary care is a key strategy for reducing the mental healthcare treatment gap in low- and middle-income countries. We examined healthcare use and costs over time among individuals with depression and subclinical depressive symptoms in Chitwan, Nepal to under...