This is a copy of the Schizophrenia and Psychiatric Action Coalition entitled “The social cost of schizophrenia and related diseases“. I am the co-author of this paper. The following is a summary of the survey results:
… the social cost of schizophrenia is estimated to be 281.6 billion US dollars in 2020… The direct cost of schizophrenia is close to 62 billion US dollars in 2020, of which 36.8% can be attributed to health care and 33.5% can be attributed to support Sexual housing (structured housing and long-term care facilities) and services for the homeless, as well as supplementary security income and 6.9% of social security disability income…
Due to the impact of the disease on their lives, schizophrenia patients also bear a large amount of indirect costs, which will be 115.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. The quality of life and life expectancy of patients with schizophrenia has been significantly reduced, and the cost in 2020 is 73.5 billion U.S. dollars. In addition, although most people with schizophrenia live in a community environment, the unemployment rate for this population is high. At the time of employment, the income of schizophrenic patients is lower than that of non-schizophrenic patients. The indirect cost of unemployment and wage reduction is 41.6 billion U.S. dollars.
Schizophrenia has a great impact on caregivers. In 2020, the estimated indirect cost caused by the influence of caregivers exceeds US$104.5 billion, accounting for 37% of the total cost. Most of these costs are due to unpaid care ($83.7 billion), of which $20.8 billion is due to excess costs due to reduced productivity and higher personal health care costs and out-of-pocket expenses.
You can read the full report Here.
