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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the armed forces : health economic considerations

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  • McCrone, Paul R.
  • Knapp, Martin
  • Cawkill, Paul

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This paper addresses the use of health economics in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the Armed Forces, with a view to assessing the feasibility of carrying out future evaluative studies. Although psychological and pharmacological interventions can be used to treat PTSD, no economic evaluations are known to exist. There is an economic ‘burden’ associated with PTSD and treatments require the use of scarce resources. Health economics provides tools (including cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit and cost utility analyses) to ascertain the relative efficiency of different treatment options. The paper concludes that the quality of life and resource consequences of PTSD require a better understanding of the economics of the disorder and the alternative ways to treat it.

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  • McCrone, Paul R. & Knapp, Martin & Cawkill, Paul, 2003. "Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the armed forces : health economic considerations," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 329, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    • Handle: RePEc:ehl:lserod:329
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    1. Searing, Elizabeth A.M. & Rios-Avila, Fernando & Lecy, Jesse D., 2013. "The impact of psychological trauma on wages in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 96(C), pages 165-173.
    2. Tyler Saxon, 2021. "Military Subsidization of Human Capital and Gender Stratification in the US Economy," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 53(2), pages 250-265, June.
    3. Civelek, Yasin, 2023. "The effect of hurricanes on mental health over the long term," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 51(C).

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    Keywords

    stress disorders; post traumatic combat disorders; health economics; health care costs; cost-effectiveness analysis;
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    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics

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