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Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; List of Figures ; Part I: Introduction of Health Economics Applied to Mental Health; 1: Introduction to Mental Health Economics; 1.1 Introduction to Mental Health Economics; 1.2 The Birth of Health Economics; 1.2.1 Economic Concepts and Principles of Health Economics; 1.2.2 Welfare Theory; 1.2.2.1 Scarcity of Resources; 1.2.2.2 Opportunity Costs; 1.2.2.3 Utility; Box 1.1 Utilitarianism Principles: Jeremy Bentham; 1.2.2.4 Welfare Maximization.
1.2.2.4.1 Old Welfare Economics: Classical Utilitarianism and the Maximization of Pleasure1.2.2.4.2 Neoclassic Welfare Economics: Pareto's Allocative Efficiency and Maximization of Social Welfare; Free Market, Perfect Competition, and Marginal Utility; 1.2.2.5 Efficiency; Box 1.2 Definitions of Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Efficiency; Box 1.3 Classification of Efficiency [25]; 1.3 Application of Economic Principles to the Health Sector; 1.4 Economic Evaluation and Cost Analysis; 1.4.1 Cost-Analysis Studies; 1.4.2 Economic Evaluation; 1.4.2.1 Types of Economic Evaluation.
1.4.3 Components of Economic Studies1.4.3.1 Cost Measurement and Perspective; 1.4.3.2 What Is a Benefit?; 1.5 Economic Principles Applied to Mental Health; 1.5.1 What Does "Maximization of Mental Health" Mean?; 1.5.2 How to Measure Mental Health Gain; 1.5.3 Which Costs Are Relevant in Mental Health?; 1.5.4 How to Measure Benefits from Mental Health Interventions; 1.5.5 Is Health Economics Really Helpful in the Mental Health Field?; References; 2: Methods for Measuring and Estimating Costs; 2.1 What Is Cost?; 2.2 Classification of Costs; Box 2.1 Direct Costs; 2.3 Costs Measurement.
2.3.1 Study Perspective and Costs2.3.2 Identification of Components of Costs; 2.3.2.1 Classifying Components of Costs; 2.3.2.2 Time Horizon: Long-run Versus Short-run costs; 2.3.3 Data Collection and Costs Measurement; 2.3.3.1 Top-Down Approach; 2.3.3.2 Bottom-Up Approach; 2.3.4 Estimation of Unit Costs; 2.3.4.1 Capital Costs; 2.3.4.2 Human Resources; 2.3.4.3 Overhead (Administration Costs); 2.3.4.4 Nontreatment Services (Supportive Services); 2.3.4.5 Disposables and Suppliers; 2.3.4.6 Medications; 2.4 Costs Analysis and Cost Estimation Bias; Reference.
3: Outcomes Measurement for Economic Evaluation3.1 What Is an Outcome for Economic Evaluation?; 3.2 What Is a Health Outcome?; 3.3 What Is a Mental Health Outcome in Economic Evaluation?; 3.4 Methods for Outcome Measurement in the Economic Evaluation; Box 3.1 Methods for the Measurement and Valuation of Outcomes in Health Economics; 3.4.1 Health Outcome Measures; 3.4.1.1 Disease and Specific Symptom Scale; 3.4.1.2 Non-Disease-Specific and Generic Global Functioning Scales; 3.4.2 Methods for Outcome Valuation in Utility Terms According to the Extra-ƯWelfarist Approach.
1.2.2.4.1 Old Welfare Economics: Classical Utilitarianism and the Maximization of Pleasure1.2.2.4.2 Neoclassic Welfare Economics: Pareto's Allocative Efficiency and Maximization of Social Welfare; Free Market, Perfect Competition, and Marginal Utility; 1.2.2.5 Efficiency; Box 1.2 Definitions of Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Efficiency; Box 1.3 Classification of Efficiency [25]; 1.3 Application of Economic Principles to the Health Sector; 1.4 Economic Evaluation and Cost Analysis; 1.4.1 Cost-Analysis Studies; 1.4.2 Economic Evaluation; 1.4.2.1 Types of Economic Evaluation.
1.4.3 Components of Economic Studies1.4.3.1 Cost Measurement and Perspective; 1.4.3.2 What Is a Benefit?; 1.5 Economic Principles Applied to Mental Health; 1.5.1 What Does "Maximization of Mental Health" Mean?; 1.5.2 How to Measure Mental Health Gain; 1.5.3 Which Costs Are Relevant in Mental Health?; 1.5.4 How to Measure Benefits from Mental Health Interventions; 1.5.5 Is Health Economics Really Helpful in the Mental Health Field?; References; 2: Methods for Measuring and Estimating Costs; 2.1 What Is Cost?; 2.2 Classification of Costs; Box 2.1 Direct Costs; 2.3 Costs Measurement.
2.3.1 Study Perspective and Costs2.3.2 Identification of Components of Costs; 2.3.2.1 Classifying Components of Costs; 2.3.2.2 Time Horizon: Long-run Versus Short-run costs; 2.3.3 Data Collection and Costs Measurement; 2.3.3.1 Top-Down Approach; 2.3.3.2 Bottom-Up Approach; 2.3.4 Estimation of Unit Costs; 2.3.4.1 Capital Costs; 2.3.4.2 Human Resources; 2.3.4.3 Overhead (Administration Costs); 2.3.4.4 Nontreatment Services (Supportive Services); 2.3.4.5 Disposables and Suppliers; 2.3.4.6 Medications; 2.4 Costs Analysis and Cost Estimation Bias; Reference.
3: Outcomes Measurement for Economic Evaluation3.1 What Is an Outcome for Economic Evaluation?; 3.2 What Is a Health Outcome?; 3.3 What Is a Mental Health Outcome in Economic Evaluation?; 3.4 Methods for Outcome Measurement in the Economic Evaluation; Box 3.1 Methods for the Measurement and Valuation of Outcomes in Health Economics; 3.4.1 Health Outcome Measures; 3.4.1.1 Disease and Specific Symptom Scale; 3.4.1.2 Non-Disease-Specific and Generic Global Functioning Scales; 3.4.2 Methods for Outcome Valuation in Utility Terms According to the Extra-ƯWelfarist Approach.