Canadian Study Finds Clubhouse Reduced Mental Health Hospitalizations by 78%
Results from Canada’s first economic evaluation of the Clubhouse Model are promising according to a study conducted by the University of Toronto in partnership with Progress Place, one of Clubhouse International’s 12 Training Centers and the only Clubhouse currently in Toronto. The study published in February 2026, shows Clubhouse members’ self-reported mental health hospital days were reduced by 78%. Over two years and amongst 101 study participants, hospitalizations went from 1,850 to 407 and generated $87,677 in net health system savings.
The study cites a 2011 source that shows the combined economic costs of mental health disorders and associated erosions in quality of life, healthcare costs, and lost productivity amount to $50 billion per year in Canada. This latest study demonstrates that the Clubhouse Model is not just effective at promoting recovery, it also profoundly reduced healthcare costs.
“This research confirms what the Clubhouse community has known for decades: the Clubhouse Model works. It helps people living with serious mental illness rebuild their lives through community, purpose, and opportunity, while also reducing healthcare costs,” said Joel Corcoran, CEO of Clubhouse International.”
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