Economic Impact Study of Behavioral Health in the Greater Dayton Region
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2025
Abstract
This study calculated comprehensive estimates of all economic impacts of mental illness within the Dayton, Ohio, Region for 2023. Every cost area within each pathway through which mental illness generates economic impacts was estimated for the Region. This was accomplished by using pre-existing per capita estimates from similar regions and using economic cost analysis methods to adjust the estimates to the Dayton Region. The dollar values of the economic impacts were categorized into three distinct impact types: Impact on the Region’s GDP ($12.65 billion); spending directed to mental health care and physical health care (3.25 billion); to the community impacts of mental illness (177.65 million); and the economic value of the quality-of-life impact of premature deaths resulting from mental illness ($13.92 billion).
Repository Citation
Traynor, T. L.
(2025). Economic Impact Study of Behavioral Health in the Greater Dayton Region. .
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/econ/372
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