2017 Articles
The cost-effectiveness of PHQ screening and collaborative care for depression in New York City
Background
Depression is under-diagnosed and under-treated in most areas of the US. New York City is currently looking to close gaps in identifying and treating depression through the adoption of a screening and collaborative care model deployed throughout the city.
Methods
We examine the cost-effectiveness of universal two-stage screening with the 2- and 9-item Patient Health Questionnaires (PHQ-2 and PHQ-9) in New York City followed by collaborative care for those who screen positive. We conducted microsimulations on hypothetical adult participants between ages 20 and 70.
Results
The incremental cost-effectiveness of the interventions over the average lifespan of a 20-year-old adult in NYC is approximately $1,726/QALY gained (95% plausible interval: cost-saving, $10,594/QALY gained).
Conclusions
Two-stage screening coupled with collaborative care for depression in the clinical setting appears to be significantly less expensive than most clinical preventive interventions, such as HIV screening in high-risk patients. However, effectiveness is dependent on the city’s ability to manage scale up of collaborative care models.
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- journal.pone.0184210.pdf application/pdf 2.27 MB Download File
Also Published In
- Title
- PLoS ONE
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184210
More About This Work
- Academic Units
- Mailman School of Public Health
- Health Policy and Management
- Published Here
- October 5, 2017