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Impact of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on health care utilization: A population-based controlled comparison 자세히보기
  • 자료유형학술지논문
  • 저자명Kurdyak, P.,Newman, A.,Segal, Z.
  • 학회/출판사/기관명Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.
  • 출판년도2014
  • 언어영어
  • 학술지명/학위논문주기Journal of psychosomatic research
  • 발행사항Vol.77No.2[2014]_x000D_
  • ISBN/ISSN0022-3999
  • 소개/요약Objective Elevated rates of mood and anxiety disorders among high utilizers of health care have been suggested as one driver of increased service use. We compared the impact of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), a structured group treatment, on rates of health care utilization with matched control participants receiving non-MBCT group therapy. Methods Using Ontario health administrative data, we created a retrospective cohort of population-based cohort of patients receiving MBCT and an age- and gender-matched (3:1) control cohort of non-MBCT group therapy controls. Subjects were recruited between 2003 and 2010. Cohorts were stratified according to high primary care utilization, with the high utilization cohort being the cohort of interest. The primary outcome was a reduction in an aggregate measure of non-mental health utilization comprising Emergency Department, non-mental health primary care, and non-psychiatrist specialist visits. Results There were 10,633 MBCT recipients, 4851 (46%) of whom were high utilizers. The proportion of high utilizers was 13,274 (45%, N = 29,795) for non-MBCT group therapy controls. Among high utilizers, there was a significant reduction in non-mental health utilization amongst MBCT recipients compared to non-MBCT group therapy recipients (0.55 (0.21-0.89)) suggesting that for every two MBCT patients treated, there is a reduction in 1 non-mental health visit. Conclusion Among high utilizers of primary care, MBCT reduced non-mental health care utilization 1 year post-therapy compared to non-MBCT, group therapy controls. The reductions suggest that MBCT, an established treatment modality for a variety of mental illnesses, has the added benefit of reducing distress-related high health care utilization.