Cost-effectiveness of a mental health drop-in centre for young people with long-term physical conditions.
Harrison ClarkeWalter MorrisMatteo CatanzanoSophie D BennettAnna E CoughtreyIsobel HeymanHolan LiangRoz ShafranNeha BaturaPublished in: BMC health services research (2022)
We find the base-case intervention improves patient outcomes and can be considered cost-effective according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) threshold of £20,000-£30,000/QALY gained, and the practical-case intervention is roughly four times as cost-effective as the base-case. We recommend future studies incorporate a control group to corroborate the effect size of the intervention.