Emergency room data attributable to diagnosis is only available for AB and ON Community mental health service data may encompass a variety of services across jurisdictions with no standard definition and funded by a variety of ministries (social, children, seniors etc.) of services used for mental health and addictions cannot always be distinguished adds complexity in distinguishing – different types of services Costs for shelters for homeless people with MI only available from BC and only for one point in time Not-for-profit to avoid double counting, costs included full – cost of government funded community mental health services and for non-profits included only the amount raised from sources other than provincial governments Employment programs no standardized reporting for disability – related to MI only includes data for provinces who separately – reported number of people with a psychiatric disability Income support not all provinces attribute data to MI and – data only include for provinces that distinguished disability type Short term disability EI program does not keep records on – reasons for disability so data are not available for those who temporarily lose their jobs due to mental illness Does not include short-term and long-term disability leaves covered by employer insurance plans Estimates for those who temporarily lose their jobs due to MI Complete data across all services not available for all provinces to the education system for children with MI are not included Costs to the criminal justice system are not included due to data availability Costs exclude child and youth services. For included categories, but where some provinces are missing data, estimated values are calculated based on the known costs. Excludes information regarding the attribution related to specific mental illnesses Excludes dementia Excludes costs for child and youth services Data not available for all provinces/territories for all categories Costs are not attributable to specific MIs, are not available by age and sex stratifications Costing data not available to look at of utilization ‘excess’ for those with MI
Emergency room data attributable to diagnosis is only available for AB and ON Community mental health service data may encompass a variety of services across jurisdictions with no standard definition and funded by a variety of ministries (social, children, seniors etc.) of services used for mental health and addictions cannot always be distinguished – adds complexity in distinguishing different types of services Costs for shelters for homeless people with MI only available from BC and only for one point in time Not-for-profit – to avoid double counting, costs included full cost of government funded community mental health services and for non-profits included only the amount raised from sources other than provincial governments Employment programs – no standardized reporting for disability related to MI – only includes data for provinces who separately reported number of people with a psychiatric disability Income support – not all provinces attribute data to MI and data only include for provinces that distinguished disability type Short term disability – EI program does not keep records on reasons for disability so data are not available for those who temporarily lose their jobs due to mental illness Does not include short-term and long-term disability leaves covered by employer insurance plans Estimates for those who temporarily lose their jobs due to MI Complete data across all services not available for all provinces to the education system for children with MI are not included Costs to the criminal justice system are not included due to data availability Costs exclude child and youth services. For included categories, but where some provinces are missing data, estimated values are calculated based on the known costs. Excludes information regarding the attribution related to specific mental illnesses Excludes dementia Excludes costs for child and youth services Data not available for all provinces/territories for all categories Costs are not attributable to specific MIs, are not available by age and sex stratifications Costing data not available to look at of ‘excess’ utilization for those with MI
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