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Real Output in Mental Health Care during the 1990s

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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)

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.

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  • Berndt Ernst R. & Busch Alisa B. & Frank Richard G. & Normand Sharon-Lise, 2006. "Real Output in Mental Health Care during the 1990s," Forum for Health Economics & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 9(1), pages 1-19, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:fhecpo:v:9:y:2006:i:1:n:5
    DOI: 10.2202/1558-9544.1040
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    1. Aizcorbe, Ana & Nestoriak, Nicole, 2011. "Changing mix of medical care services: Stylized facts and implications for price indexes," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 30(3), pages 568-574, May.
    2. Ruolz Ariste & Kam Yu, 2017. "Comparisons of hospital output in Canada: national and international perspectives," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 17(4), pages 433-451, December.

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