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Electroconvulsive therapy may result in longer hospital stays and increased health care costs Electroconvulsive therapy, which may be effective at lowering long-term risks of suicide and death among patients with certain mood disorders, may result in longer hospital stays and increased health care costs, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. They said delivering the therapy in outpatient settings may make the treatment more cost-effective. Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) -; which involves passing small electric currents through the brain to trigger brief seizures while a patient is under anesthesia -; is seldom utilized in the U.S. due to high costs, low insurance coverage, lack of medical training and long-term side effects. The researchers conducted a study examining privately-insured adults hospitalized for major depression or bipolar disorder and found that those who received ECT were hospitalized twice as long and had more than double the total health care c

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