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Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy
2020. Vol. 28, no. 3, 164–177
https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2020280310
ISSN: 2075-3470 / 2311-9446 (online)

Economics of Psychotherapy

 
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Abstract

The paper reports the results of the analysis of modern notions about the economics of psychotherapy. Despite its great practical significance, this issue is insufficiently represented in Russian publications, arising mostly in foreign works. We consider two general concepts: efficiency and equity. The practice of research evaluation in psychotherapy distinguishes between (a) the efficacy of therapy — results of empirical psychotherapeutic research; (b) clinical (qualitative) effectiveness of therapy — results of psychotherapy in everyday practice; and (c) the notion of cost-effectiveness — a practical criterion; it characterizes the expenses for the achievement of a goal. Other expenses also ought to be taken into consideration. Additionally, we mark out progressive cost-effectiveness as a separate coefficient.

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Keywords: economics of psychotherapy, efficiency, equity, clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, expenses, progressive cost-effectiveness

Journal rubric: Workshop and Methods

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Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2020280310

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For citation: Ababkov, V.A. (2020). Economics of Psychotherapy. Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy, 28(3), 164–177. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/cpp.2020280310

© Ababkov V.A., 2020

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Information About the Authors

Valentin A. Ababkov, Doctor of Medicine, Professor, Professor, Chair of Medical Psychology and Psychophysiology, Psychological Department, Saint-Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1925-8397, e-mail: valababkov@mail.ru

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