Cost-Utility of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies compared with usual care in Norway: A Registry-Linked Randomised Trial.

Prompt Mental Health Care (PMHC), Norway's adaptation of England's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, provides cognitive behavioural therapy for adults with anxiety or mild-to-moderate depressive symptoms. We assessed cost-utility using registry-linked data. This evaluation included 738 participants from a randomised trial (70:30 allocation) of PMHC versus treatment-as-usual (TAU). Registry data provided healthcare costs, prescriptions, sick leave and work assessment allowances. EQ-5D-5L was assessed through 36 months in PMHC and 12 months in TAU; TAU utilities at 24 and 36 months we