Policy Analysis for Depression Management At Low &Middle income countries (original) (raw)

Background: Depression as a disease at this era considered one of the major influencers on work productivity and also had a social impact at high income countries but the situation at Low-and Middle-income countries are worser may be due to (lack of awareness, prioritization issues and other social reasons) the objective for this research is analysis for health policies about disease management. Method: Analysis for international guidelines was integrated with local survives and local health care professionals like (psychiatrist, Neurologists plus patients' groups representatives) at previous countries plus quality-of-life questionnaires for the patients were conducted. Analysis for Cost from health systems for all depression and depression related expenditures. For guaranteeing Robustness of our findings One-way probabilistic sensitivity analysis was conducted for all parameters affecting on practice. Results: The following results were founded. Conclusion: Innovative medicines might have a significant positive impact on enhancements of health systems for depression management through (Quality of life Enhancement, Economic Burden reduction).