Schizophrenia cost the U.S. $281.6 billion in 2020
The research, commissioned by S&PAA, revealed that schizophrenia cost the U.S. an estimated $281.6 billion in 2020, with a significant amount of direct costs due to health care, incarceration, supportive housing and homelessness.
- The research, commissioned by S&PAA, revealed that schizophrenia cost the U.S. an estimated $281.6 billion in 2020, with a significant amount of direct costs due to health care, incarceration, supportive housing and homelessness.
- For each person diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 25, the total lifetime cost to the economy is approximately $3.8 million or $92,000 per year.
- The total costs of schizophrenia calculated in this report include:
$62.0 billion in total direct costs chiefly for health care ($27.2 billion) and incarceration ($14.5 billion), with much of the remaining costs for supportive housing and homelessness;
$115.2 billion in indirect costs from lost wages, reduced quality of life and decreased life expectancy; and
$104.5 billion in indirect caregiver costs. - It will also work to foster public-private partnerships designed to accelerate independent research regarding the scope and costs of schizophrenia.