Cost effectiveness

Cost effectiveness is an important aspect of commissioning, because it compares the cost of a health intervention alongside the outcome, which helps commissioners to allocate resources effectively.

Our Cost effectiveness Blogs

Long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy for treatment-resistant depression: not cost-effective compared to treatment as usual

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Sep 4 2023

Posted by
Ella Tuominen

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In her debut blog, Ella Tuominen considers the Tavistock Adult Depression Study (TADS), which evaluated the cost-effectiveness of long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy for treatment resistant depression compared to treatment as usual.

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Just one shot at it: single session interventions for adolescent depression

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Jul 22 2022

Posted by
Maria Loades>,
Georgia Kemp

Maria Loades and Georgia Herring consider a randomised trial of online single-session interventions for adolescent depression during COVID-19.

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Stratified care versus stepped care for depression: which is more effective?

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Mar 24 2022

Posted by
Sarah Watts

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Sarah Watts reviews a cluster randomised clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of stratified care compared to stepped care for depression, which has implications for IAPT services.

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Internet-based psychotherapy may be cost-effective for anxiety and depression

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Dec 3 2021

Posted by
Alastair Canaway

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Ally Canaway blogs a systematic review which finds evidence of internet-based psychological interventions being cost-effective for depression and anxiety.

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Mental health: at what cost?

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Mar 22 2021

Posted by
Martin Knapp>,
Gloria Wong

In their debut Mental Elf blog, Martin Knapp and Gloria Wong summarise a systematic review of cost-of-illness studies, which explores the distribution of the costs between different mental health and neurodevelopmental conditions.

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Cost-effective strategies for mental health workplace intervention

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Mar 13 2021

Posted by
Christopher Sampson

Chris Sampson summarises a review on the cost-effectiveness of mental health workplace interventions, which presents up-to-date evidence on the different things that employers can do to help those in their workforce affected by mental health problems or substance misuse.

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Timebanking: from ideal to reality

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Feb 18 2021

Posted by
Jill Manthorpe

There is increasing interest in co-production in public services and in social care. This blog reports on a PhD study of timebanks which are now seen as an example of co-production but have a long history in being promising indications of mutual aid and reciprocal support between members of local communities. Social care interest groups [read the full story…]

CBT for health anxiety: should it be delivered in person or online?

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Jul 27 2020

Posted by
Francesca Bentivegna

Francesca Bentivegna explores a timely RCT concluding that delivering internet-based (email) CBT for health anxiety is non-inferior to face to face CBT in the short-term. The study also concludes that iCBT is more cost-effective.

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STrAtegies for RelaTives (START): long-lasting effect on the wellbeing of family carers of dementia patients

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Apr 8 2020

Posted by
UCL Psychiatry MSc

A group of UCL Mental Health MSc students summarise a recent RCT assessing the clinical and cost-effectiveness over 6 years of the START intervention for family carers of people with dementia.

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