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Table 1 Summary of the main characteristics of the selected studies

From: Considering the societal perspective in economic evaluations: a systematic review in the case of depression

Authors. publication year

Country

Perspective

Intervention Type

Type of Economic evaluation

Time horizon

Discount rate

Studytype/ Type of model

Costs included

Currency (base year)

Type of sensitivity analysis

Annemans et al. 2014 [26]

BE

Healthcare and societal perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CUA

1 year

NA

Decision tree model

Direct costs: intervention costs, primary care

Indirect costs: absenteeism, suicide

EUR (2011)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Aragones et al. 2014 [27]

ES

Healthcare and societal perspective

Collaborative care

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

RCT

Direct costs: health care, intervention

Indirect costs: absenteeism

EUR (2011)

Probabilistic

Banerjee et al. 2013 [28]

UK

Healthcare and societal perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CUA

13 weeks.39 weeks

NA

RCT

Direct costs: medication, health and social care

Indirect costs: informal care

GBP (2009)

Deterministic

Biesheuvel-Leliefeld et al. 2018 [29]

NL

Healthcare and societal perspective

Prevention

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

RCT (multi-center)

Direct costs: primary & secondary care, mental health care, home care, medication, intervention

Indirect costs: absenteeism, presenteeism, informal care

EUR (2013)

Deterministic

Bosmans et al. 2008 [30]

NL

Societal perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

RCT

Direct costs: primary & secondary care, non-health care, medication

Indirect costs: absenteeism, informal care

EUR (2002)

Probabilistic

Brett-schneider et al. 2017 [31]

DE

Healthcare and societal perspective

Screening/diagnostic

CUA

6 months

NA

RCT

Direct costs: inpatient & outpatient care, psychotherapist, medication, nursing care

Indirect costs: absenteeism, informal care

EUR (2012)

Probabilistic

Buntrock et al. 2017 [32]

DE

Healthcare and societal perspective

Prevention

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

RCT (pragmatic)

Direct costs: health care use, out-of-pocketIndirect costs: absenteeism, presenteeism, informal care

EUR (2013)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Chalder et al. 2012 [33]

UK

Healthcare perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CEA, CUA

1 year

3.5% (costs)

RCT (pragmatic)

Direct costs: primary & secondary care, intervention, medication, patient & carers

Indirect costs: absenteeism

GBP (2009)

Probabilistic

Choi et al. 2016 [34]

KR

Healthcare and (limited) societal perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CUA

1 year

NA

Markov model

Direct costs: psychiatrist, AE, outpatient care, emergency,, laboratory tests, medication

Indirect costs: absenteeism, suicide

KRW (2014)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Dixon et al. 2016 [35]

UK

Healthcare perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CUA

1 year

NA

RCT (multicentre)

Direct costs: primary & secondary care, medication, inpatient, ambulance, intervention, personal social services, out-of-pocket

Indirect costs: absenteeism

GBP (2012/13)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Ekman et al. 2012 [36]

UK

Healthcare perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CEA, CUA

5 years

3.5% (costs and QALYs)

DES model

Direct costs: inpatient and outpatient, medication

Indirect costs: absenteeism

GBP (2011)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Evans-Lacko et al. 2016 [37]

DE

Healthcare and societal (employer) perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CUA

27 months

3.5% (costs)

Decision tree model

Direct costs: screening, GP visits, primary care, inpatient, psychotherapist

Indirect costs: absenteeism, presenteeism

EUR (2013)

Deterministic

Eveleigh et al. 2014 [38]

NL

Societal perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CUA

1 year

NA

RCT (cluster)

Direct costs: health services & resources, intervention

Indirect costs: absenteeism

EUR (2012)

Probabilistic

Fernandez et al. 2018 [39]

ES

Healthcare and societal perspective

Prevention

CUA

1.5 years

3.5% (costs)

RCT (cluster)

Direct costs: medication, intervention

Indirect costs: absenteeism, presenteeism

EUR (2012)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Gensichen et al. 2013 [40]

DE

Societal perspective

Collaborative care

CEA, CUA

2 years

NA

RCT (pragmatic)

Direct costs: psychiatric inpatient care, outpatient psychologic care, psychiatrists & GP visits, medication

Indirect costs: absenteeism

EUR (2006)

Probabilistic

Gerhards et al. 2010 [41]

NL

Societal perspective

Deterministic and probabilistic

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

RCT

Direct costs: healthcare use, costs for patient & family

Indirect costs: absenteeism, presenteeism

EUR (2007)

Probabilistic

Goorden et al. 2015 [42]

NL

Societal perspective

Collaborative care

CUA

1 year

NA

RCT (cluster)

Direct costs: health care use

Indirect costs: absenteeism, presenteeism

EUR (2013)

Probabilistic

Goorden et al. 2014 [43]

NL

Societal perspective

Collaborative care

CUA

13 months

NA

RCT

Direct costs: health care use

Productivity costs: absenteeism, presenteeism

EUR (2009)

Probabilistic

Green et al. 2014 [44]

UK

Healthcare perspective

Collaborative care

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

RCT

Direct costs: intervention, health & social care service, supervision, specialists

Indirect costs: absenteeism, informal care

GBP (2011)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Groessl et al. 2018 [45]

US

Societal perspective

Screening/diagnostic

CEA, CUA

3 years

3% (costs)

Markov model

Direct costs: medical services, intervention

Indirect costs: absenteeism

USD (2016)

Deterministic

Hollinghurst et al. 2014 [46]

UK

Healthcare perspective

Combined intervention

CUA

1 year

NA

RCT

Direct costs: health & social care services, intervention, out-of-pocket

Indirect costs: absenteeism

GBP (2010)

Deterministic

Hollinghurst et al. 2010 [47]

UK

Healthcare perspective

Deterministic and probabilistic

CEA, CUA

8 months

NA

RCT

Direct costs: primary and community contacts, mental health-related secondary care, social services, out-of-pocket

Indirect costs: absenteeism

GBP (2007)

Probabilistic

Hornberger et al. 2015 [48]

US

Societal perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CEA, CUA

patient’s lifetime

3% (costs)

Decision tree model

Direct costs: medication, inpatient & outpatient, psychotherapy, intervention

Indirect costs: absenteeism

USD (2013)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Joling et al. 2013 [49]

NL

Societal perspective

Collaborative care

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

RCT

Direct costs: ambulatory care, home care & other support, day hospital, inpatient

Indirect costs: absenteeism, informal care

EUR (2009)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Kessler et al. 2018 [50]

UK

Healthcare and societal perspective

Combined intervention

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

RCT

Direct costs: inpatient & outpatient care, private counselling, prescription charges, over-the-counter medication, complementary therapies, private home care

Indirect costs: absenteeism

GBP (2016)

Probabilistic

Kolovos et al. 2016 [51]

NL

Healthcare and societal perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CEA, CUA

13 months

NA

RCT

Direct costs: health care & non-health care,

Indirect costs: absenteeism, presenteeism, informal care

EUR (2013)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Kuyken et al. 2015 [52]

UK

Healthcare perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CEA, CUA

2 years

3.5% (costs and QALYs)

RCT

Direct costs: primary & secondary care, medication, social care & voluntary sector services, intervention, out-of-pocket

Indirect costs: absenteeism, presenteeism

GBP (2011/12)

Probabilistic

Maniadakis et al. 2013 [53]

GR

Societal perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CEA, CUA

2 years

3.5% (costs)

Markov model

Direct costs: inpatient care, outpatient visits, medication, laboratory tests, AE

Indirect costs: absenteeism

EUR (2012)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Meuldijk et al. 2015 [54]

NL

Societal perspective

Combined intervention

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

RCT

Direct costs: primary care, non-healthcare use

Indirect costs: presenteeism, absenteeism

EUR (2013)

NA

Nordstrom et al. 2012 [55]

SE

Societal perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CEA, CUA

6 months

NA

Decision tree model

Direct costs: hospitalization, ambulatory care, medication

Indirect costs: absenteeism

EUR

(2009)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Nordstrom et al. 2010 [56]

SE

Societal perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CEA, CUA

6 months

NA

Decision tree model

Direct costs: inpatient & outpatient care, medication Indirect costs: absenteeism

EUR (2009)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Nuijten et al. 2012 [57]

NL

Societal perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CUA

26 weeks

NA

Decision tree model

Direct costs: inpatient care, consultations, medication

Indirect costs: absenteeism

EUR (2010)

Deterministic

Patel et al. 2017 [58]

IN

Healthcare and societal perspective

Combined intervention

CEA, CUA

3 months

NA

RCT

Direct costs: outpatient, inpatient, medication, intervention, laboratory tests

Indirect costs: absenteeism, informal care

USD (2015)

Probabilistic

Ramsberg et al. 2012 [59]

SE

Societal perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

Decision tree model

Direct costs: medication, primary care, specialist care Indirect costs: absenteeism

EUR (2009)

Probabilistic

Richards et al. 2016 [60]

UK

Healthcare perspective

Collaborative care

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

RCT (cluster)

Direct costs: primary, secondary & community care, social care, out-of-pocket

Indirect costs: informal care

GBP (2011)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Richards et al. 2017 [61]

UK

Healthcare perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CEA, CUA

1.5 years

3.5% (costs and QALYs)

RCT

Direct costs: hospital services, primary care, social service, complementary services, medications

Indirect costs: absenteeism

GBP (2013/14)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Romeo et al. 2013 [62]

UK

Healthcare and societal perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CEA, CUA

39 weeks

NA

RCT

Direct costs: inpatient, day hospital, outpatient, social care, occupational therapy, emergency

Indirect costs: informal care

GBP (2009/10)

Deterministic

Romero-Sanchiz et al. 2017 [63]

ES

Societal perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

RCT

Direct costs: medications, medical tests, use of health-related services

Indirect costs: absenteeism

EUR (2014)

Probabilistic

Rubio-Valera et al. 2013 [64]

ES

Healthcare and societal perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CEA, CUA

6 months

NA

RCT

Direct costs: publicy & privately funded primary & secondary care, tests, hospitalisation, medications

Indirect costs: absenteeism

EUR (2009)

Deterministic

Sado et al. 2009 [65]

JP

Healthcare perspective

Combined intervention

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

Decision tree model

Direct costs: medications, consultant & psychotherapy fees, inpatient

Indirect costs: absenteeism

JPY

(2005)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Serrano-Blanco et al. 2009 [66]

ES

Societal perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CUA

6 months

NA

RCT

Direct costs: medications, GP visits, specialized medical visits, emergency, inpatient

Indirect costs: absenteeism

EUR (2001)

Deterministic

Simons et al. 2017 [67]

NL

Societal perspective

Combined intervention

CEA, CUA

32 weeks

NA

RCT

Direct costs: health care use, medications, intervention

Indirect costs: absenteeism, presenteeism

EUR (2012)

Deterministic

Simpson et al. 2009 [68]

US

NA

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

Decision tree and Markov model

Direct costs: inpatient, GP visits, emergency, medications

Indirect costs: absenteeism, informal care

USD (2006)

Deterministic

Snedecor et al. 2010 [69]

US

Societal perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

 

2 months/ 6 months

NA

RCT + modelling

Direct costs: medication, medical & health services

Indirect costs: absenteeism, presenteeism

USD (2007)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Soini et al. 2017 [70]

FI

Healthcare perspective

Pharmaceutical therapy

CUA

1 year

NA

Decision tree and Markov model

Direct costs: psychiatrist & GP visits, psychotherapist, hospitalisations, medications Indirect costs: absenteeism

EUR (2014)

Deterministic and probabilistic

Stant et al. 2009 [71]

NL

Societal perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CEA, CUA

3 years

3 and 5% (costs)

RCT

Direct costs: inpatient & community care, healthcare, medications, intervention, non-medical

Indirect costs: absenteeism, informal care

EUR (2003)

Probabilistic

van der Aa et al. 2017 [72]

NL

Societal perspective

Collaborative care

CEA, CUA

2 years

NA

RCT (multicenter)

Direct costs: primary & secondary care, medications, intervention

Indirect costs: absenteeism, presenteeism, informal care

EUR (2013)

Deterministic and probabilistic

van Eeden et al. 2015 [73]

NL

Societal perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

RCT (multicenter)

Direct costs: care provider utilization, complementary care, home care, medications, intervention, patient & family

Indirect costs: absenteeism, informal care

EUR (2012)

Deterministic

Vasiliadis et al. 2017 [74]

CA

Healthcare and societal perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CEA, CUA

40 years

NA

DES model

Direct costs: medical and non-medical

Indirect costs: absenteeism

CAD

(NA)

Deterministic

Vataire et al. 2014 [75]

UK

Healthcare and societal perspective

Combined intervention

CUA

5 years

3.5% (costs and QALYs)

DES model

Direct costs: inpatient, AE, GP & psychiatrist visits, medication,

Indirect costs: absenteeism, suicide

GBP (2011)

Probabilistic

Warmerdam et al. 2010 [76]

NL

Societal perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CEA, CUA

12 weeks

NA

RCT

Direct costs: medical & non-medical, intervention, out of pocket, family & patients Indirect costs: absenteeism

EUR (2007)

Probabilistic

Weobong et al. 2017 [77]

IN

Healthcare and societal perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CUA

1 year

NA

RCT

Direct costs: healthcare use

Indirect costs: absenteeism, informal care

USD (2015)

Probabilistic

Wiles et al. 2014 [78]

UK

Healthcare perspective

Non-pharmaceutical intervention

CEA, CUA

1 year

NA

RCT

Direct costs: healthcare use, intervention, social services Indirect costs: absenteeism

GPB (2010)

Probabilistic