TY - JOUR
T1 - The Shortfalls of Mental Health Compartment Models
T2 - A Call to Improve Mental Health Investment Cases in Developing Countries
AU - Mostert, Cyprian M.
AU - Aballa, Andrew
AU - Khakali, Linda
AU - Njoroge, Willie
AU - Shah, Jasmit
AU - Hasham, Samim
AU - Merali, Zul
AU - Atwoli, Lukoye
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 International Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research
PY - 2024/5
Y1 - 2024/5
N2 - Objectives: There are irregularities in investment cases generated by the Mental Health Compartment Model. We discuss these irregularities and highlight the costing techniques that may be introduced to improve mental health investment cases. Methods: This analysis uses data from the World Bank, the World Health Organization Mental Health Compartment Model, the United Nations Development Program, the Kenya Ministry of Health, and Statistics from the Kenyan National Commission of Human Rights. Results: We demonstrate that the Mental Health Compartment Model produces irrelevant outcomes that are not helpful for clinical settings. The model inflated the productivity gains generated from mental health investment. In some cases, the model underestimated the economic costs of mental health. Such limitation renders the investment cases poor in providing valuable intervention points from the perspectives of both the users and the providers. Conclusions: There is a need for further calibration and validation of the investment case outcomes. The current estimated results cannot be used to guide service provision, research, and mental health programming comprehensively.
AB - Objectives: There are irregularities in investment cases generated by the Mental Health Compartment Model. We discuss these irregularities and highlight the costing techniques that may be introduced to improve mental health investment cases. Methods: This analysis uses data from the World Bank, the World Health Organization Mental Health Compartment Model, the United Nations Development Program, the Kenya Ministry of Health, and Statistics from the Kenyan National Commission of Human Rights. Results: We demonstrate that the Mental Health Compartment Model produces irrelevant outcomes that are not helpful for clinical settings. The model inflated the productivity gains generated from mental health investment. In some cases, the model underestimated the economic costs of mental health. Such limitation renders the investment cases poor in providing valuable intervention points from the perspectives of both the users and the providers. Conclusions: There is a need for further calibration and validation of the investment case outcomes. The current estimated results cannot be used to guide service provision, research, and mental health programming comprehensively.
KW - developing countries
KW - investment cases
KW - mental health compartment model
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85182586714&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.vhri.2023.11.012
DO - 10.1016/j.vhri.2023.11.012
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85182586714
SN - 2212-1099
VL - 41
SP - 48
EP - 53
JO - Value in Health Regional Issues
JF - Value in Health Regional Issues
ER -
