Estimating Return on Investment From Implementation of Individual Placement and Support
Even under conservative assumptions, the addition of IPS to supported employment approaches is likely to have a positive ROI from societal and public-purse perspectives in just over 1 and 3 years, respectively, even before broader benefits, such as impacts on health services utilization and reduction in the use of alternative supported employment services, are considered.
Authors
- Sina Wittlund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5305-3913)
- Arnstein Mykletun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3878-0079)
- Cathrine Fredriksen Moe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9520-4011)
- Eóin Killackey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9649-5551)
- Beate Brinchmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5793-7668)
- A L Park
- Thomas Lorentzen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-8929)
- Miles Rinaldi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3822-1434)
- David McDaid
- Nils Abel P. Aars
- Laurent O. Trichet
Institutions
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
- Nordland Hospital Trust (NO)
- Nord University (NO)
- Orygen Youth Health (AU)
- South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Bergen (NO)
- London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychiatric Services
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20250017
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Norges Forskningsråd