title: Economic context analysis in mental health care. Usability of health financing and cost of illness studies for international comparisons.
abstract: This paper discusses an integrated approach to mental health studies on Financing of Illness (FoI) and health accounting, Cost of Illness (CoI) and Burden of Disease (BoD). In order to expand the mental health policies, the following are suggested: (a) an international consensus on the standard scope, methods to collect and to analyse mental health data, as well as to report comparative information; (b) mathematical models are also to be validated and tested in an integrated approach, (c) a better knowledge transfer between clinicians and knowledge engineers, and between researchers and policy makers to translate economic analysis into practice and health planning.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salvador-Carulla
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hernández-Peña
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics*; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006285:Health Planning / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D008962:Models, Theoretical