Life Sciences 2022 - Public HealthLS22-027

Establishing a Reference Unit Costs catalogue for the optimized evaluation and planning of mental healthcare in Vienna


Establishing a Reference Unit Costs catalogue for the optimized evaluation and...
Principal Investigator:
Institution:
Medical University of Vienna
Project title:
Establishing a Reference Unit Costs catalogue for the optimized evaluation and planning of mental healthcare in Vienna
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Susanne Mayer (Medical University of Vienna)
Michael Berger (Medical University of Vienna)
Status:
Ongoing (01.04.2023 – 30.06.2025)
Funding volume:
€ 274,840

Around 18% of the Austrian population suffer from mental health problems, many with excess physical health burden. Covering their need for treatment has become a major public health challenge for the healthcare system. Recent demographic and societal developments further aggravate the access need to optimized, integrated mental healthcare services. The multi-disciplinary STREAMLINE project aims to map multi-sectoral mental health-related services and their activities in Vienna, and develop and make available their internationally comparable Reference Unit Costs (RUC) using state-of-the-art methods. Further, it will analyse policy relevant variations in their availability and costs including comparison to other Austrian regions. Necessary data will be collected directly from a representative set of service providers, or derived from secondary data. The project will serve as proof-of-concept and will be expendable in the future to other disease areas and jurisdictions to reduce wasteful medical expenditure through evidence-based value assessment. Results will improve the feasibility and transferability of health economic evaluations (inter)nationally, and facilitate financing decisions accounting for inter-sectoral effects relevant from a societal perspective. The project further aids the optimization of integrated care solutions to reduce the burden of mental and linked physical health disorders including broader impacts such as lost productivity and informal care.

 
 
Scientific disciplines: Health economics (34%) | Public health (33%) | Health policy (33%)

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