Real Output in Mental Health Care during the 1990s

Berndt Ernst R. (), Busch Alisa B. (), Frank Richard G. () and Normand Sharon-Lise ()
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Berndt Ernst R.: Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Busch Alisa B.: Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital
Frank Richard G.: Harvard Medical School
Normand Sharon-Lise: Harvard Medical School

Forum for Health Economics & Policy, 2006, vol. 9, issue 1, 19

Abstract: Health accounts document changes over time in the level and composition of health spending. There has been a continued evolution in the ability to track such outlays. Less rapid has been the ability to interpret changes in spending. In this paper we apply quality adjusted price indexes for several major mental disorders to national mental health expenditure account estimates to assess changes in real "output". We show that using the new price indexes reveals large gains in real output relative to the application of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' indexes.

Keywords: mental health; price indices; real output (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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