title: The economic costs of mental illness in Sweden 1975.
abstract: The economic cost of mental illness in Sweden in 1975 was calculated at 11,800 million Swedish kronor. This means that mental illness accounts for 16% of the total economic cost due to disease. More than 90% of the direct health-care costs were accounted for by in-patient care in hospitals and nursing homes, of which one-third was attributable solely to schizophrenia. The loss of production due to morbidity and mortality accounts for about 60% of the economic cost of mental illness.
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics; D013548:Sweden; D014937:Work