Table 2 Differences in the ranges of direct vs. indirect costs attributed to schizophrenia across major world regions and income levels, adapted from Chong et al. (2016)
From: Reprioritising global mental health: psychoses in sub-Saharan Africa
Region | Income level | Cost contribution to total cost (percentage range) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Direct medical cost | Direct nonmedical cost | Indirect cost | ||
Africa | LMICs | 73a–85% | 2%a | 12–27% |
Americas | HICs | 19–35% | < 0.1–14%b | 50–81% |
Asia | LMICs | 18–32% | 0.1–10% | 71–82% |
HICs | 14–28% | < 0.1–1% | 72–85% | |
Europe | HICs | 24–87% | 2–12%b | 8–76% |