Life years lost associated with mental illness: A cohort study of beneficiaries of a South African medical insurance scheme

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.08.013
• Publication Date: 2023-08-06T01:12:34Z
• Authors: Yann Ruffieux; Anja Wettstein; Gary Maartens; Naomi Folb; Cristina Mesa-Vieira; Christiane Didden; Mpho Tlali; Chanwyn Williams; Morna Cornell; Michael Schomaker; Leigh F. Johnson; John A. Joska; Matthias Egger; Andreas D. Haas
• Keywords: Male; Substance-Related Disorders; Mental Disorders; Article; 3. Good health; Cohort Studies; South Africa; Insurance; 03 medical and health sciences; Life Expectancy; 0302 clinical medicine; Humans; Female; 610 Medicine & health; 360 Social problems & social services

People with mental illness have a reduced life expectancy, but the extent of mortality gap and contribution natural unnatural causes to excess among people in South Africa are unknown.