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Cost Of Illness Study Of Anxiety Disorders For The Ambulatory Adult Population Of The United States, Elaheh Shirneshan
Cost Of Illness Study Of Anxiety Disorders For The Ambulatory Adult Population Of The United States, Elaheh Shirneshan
Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
Background: Anxiety disorders are the most common psychiatric illness in the United States. However, economic burdens of this category of mental illnesses have not been well studied yet. The objective of this study was to estimate the societal cost of anxiety disorders for the ambulatory adult population of the U.S.
Data and Method: Data was collected from the 2009 and 2010 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). Cost components included in the analyses were direct medical costs (i.e. cost for inpatient visits, outpatient visits, emergency room visits, office-based visits, prescription …