In 2021, total spending associated with anxiety and depression amounted to around 1.51 billion euros in Spain. The estimated costs to social security due to temporary sick leaves from these mental health disorders represented around 46 percent of the expenditure on anxiety and depression that year, reaching about 700 million euros. Retail consumption of medications to treat anxiety and depression followed, with a spending of about 630 million euros recorded as of 2021.
Spending associated to anxiety and depression in Spain in 2021, by expense type
(in million euros)
including expenses resulting from medication, hospital admissions, and temporary sick leaves
Supplementary notes
* Estimated costs to social security of temporary sick leaves.
** Expenses for hospital admissions were calculated by the source based on 2019 and 2020 figures, and exclude those related to medication.
Data does not include costs derived from primary, specialized, or urgent care that do not imply a hospital admission, nor the economic cost or productivity loss of a company.
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