Ongoing Care Eases Depression, Saves Money
Taking a continuous-care approach to treating people with depression leads to improved outcomes and saves on costs, according to a new report.
In fact, Dr. Kathryn Rost from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, told Reuters Health that “health plans interested in improving the treatment they provide for depression … need to adopt models that provide care management on an ongoing basis, rather than an acute basis.”
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“Ongoing Care Eases Depression, Saves Money”
This is an interesting finding. It also makes a lot of sense that on-going care is cheaper than acute care. If patients can be stabilized with on-going treatment then it would reduce acute episodes requiring hospitalization which is more expensive. Also in a two year period, the patients have probably developed a good rapport with the therapists, and have had many opportunities to learn and practice coping skills that would improve outcomes and lessen depression.
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