Specialty care costs for patients with bipolar disorder are higher than diabetes and other chronic diseases
Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 09:35
in Health & Medicine
SAN FRANCISCO -- Mayo Clinic researchers have found that bipolar disorder is more costly than other chronic conditions such as diabetes, depression, asthma or coronary artery disease. These findings are based on a review of health care claim costs. Specialty care costs (the costs of seeing any specialist and all tests ordered) were especially higher for bipolar patients.