Abstract
AimTo determine the costs of temporary disability due to mental and behavioral disorders for the period 2016–2018 in Colombia. MethodsDescriptive-correlational observational cross-sectional study, using the totality of disability records of contributors to the Colombian General System of Social Security in Health between 2016 and 2018, reported according to ICD-10 as mental and behavioral disorders (F00–F99) and provided by the Ministry of Health and Social Protection. ResultsThe highest number of incapacities corresponds to anxiety disorders and depressive episode with a participation of more than 20% each. The average per disability was 2.68 days, with schizophrenia (4.09), bipolar affective disorder (3.48) and recurrent depressive disorder (3.23) generating the highest number of disabilities. The average daily cost for each incapacity was $27,178; and for each patient, taking into account the average number of days of incapacity, the cost rises to $411,278 per person. ConclusionsWomen most frequently presented some type of illness and the greatest number of records occurred in the central-eastern area and coffee-growing region of Colombia; it was established that anxiety and depressive disorders are the most common and, finally, the analysis indicated that people with salaries of less than 2 SMLMV were more disabled than those with higher salaries.
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