Workforce estimate to treat mental disorders in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Table 11 Target estimates for service coverage and resource utilization

Service	Schizophrenia			Bipolar disorder			Major depression			Hazardous alcohol use
Service	Service coverage %^a	Average rate of use^b	Resource use per case^c	Service coverage^a	Average rate of use^b	Resource use per case^c	Service coverage %^a	Average rate of use^b	Resource use per case^c	Service coverage%^a	Average rate of use^b	Resource use per case^c
Inpatient and residential care^d
Mental hospital care (long stay)	2	90	1.8	1	90	0.9	0	0	0	0	0	0
Community residential care (long stay)	2.5	180	5	1.5	180	2.7	0.5	90	0.5	0	0	0
Community psychiatric unit (acute care)	15	28	4.2	10	28	2.8	2	14	0.3	2	5	0.1
Outpatient and day care^e
Day care services	7.5	100	7.5	3	100	3	1	50	0.5	0	0	0
Hospital outpatient service	50	12	6	40	12	4.8	20	7	1.4	10	2	0.2
Primary health care: treatment	30	6	1.8	30	6	1.8	30	7	2.1	0	0	0
Primary health care: screening^f	0	0	0	0	0	0	7–14	1	n.a	2–4	1	n.a
Psychosocial treatment^g	30	8	2.4	30	8	2.4	20	6	1	25	3	0.8

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n.a.: not applicable
^aService coverage = percentage of patients in the population expected to use the service or resource over course of 1 year
^bAverage rate of use = mean rate of uptake per year among those expected to use the service or resource
^cResource use per “average” patient in the population = percentage of patients expected to use the resource (coverage) multiplied by the average rate of use
^dAverage rate of use in days
^eAverage rate of use in visits
^fRefers to coverage in the total adult population (before diagnosis)
^gIndex therapies used: family therapy (schizophrenia); problem-solving treatment (bipolar disorder); brief psychotherapy (depression); brief physician advice (alcohol use). Sessions last 40 min each, except brief interventions for alcohol use, which take 10 min

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