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. 2024 Apr;48(2):85–92. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2023.41

Table 3.

Cost of services pre- and post-diagnosis by groups defined by receipt of specialist care

Pre-diagnosis Post-diagnosis Whole period
Specialist Non-specialist Specialist Non-specialist Specialist Non-specialist
In-patient services
Non-forensic in-patient 28 396 (70 706)** 42 945 (100 289) 44 317 (89 539)** 59 335 (149 347) 52 408 (104 312)** 75 678 (178 304)
Forensic in-patient 12 227 (8122) 42 501 (57 795) 54 620 (45 851) 94 782 (88 999) 54 284 (45 988)* 109 069 (92 536)
Community services
Adult 1826 (3660)* 1587 (4599) 2817 (4975)** 2002 (4929) 3712 (6154)** 2754 (6467)
Child and adolescent mental health services 7016 (10 280)** 3670 (5840) 5630 (9567) 4575 (7867) 8698 (13 066)** 5528 (8934)
Older adult 391 (520) 1142 (1778) 385 (976)* 1497 (2604) 455 (1052)** 2038 (3031)
Dialectical behaviour therapy 1006 (1226) 3029 (3331) 3102 (3397)
Complex emotional needs 1858 (6517) 5656 (13 219) 5726 (13 376)
Forensic out-patient 811 (1630)** 4764 (8466) 2382 (6560)** 9676 (14 633) 2168 (6099)** 10 177 (15 384)
Homeless 1387 (1395) 1588 (3065) 1907 (1424) 3231 (5226) 2210 (2195) 3184 (5310)
Addictions 2252 (4161)* 3049 (4722) 2402 (3907)** 3261 (5183) 2831 (5021)** 4260 (6837)
Rehab 4929 (10 068) 8713 (16 968) 11 622 (26 604) 17 692 (42 831) 10 588 (24 479)* 17 711 (40 265)
Total in-patient cost 7111 (37 503)* 9685 (50 954) 15 470 (57 448) 18 588 (85 334) 22 582 (73 694)* 28 273 (112 541)
Total community cost 3045 (7154)** 1846 (5760) 8547 (15 640)** 3678 (11 538) 11 592 (17 554)** 5524 (13 519)
Total cost 10 156 (39 251) 11 531 (53 111) 24 017 (63 990) 22 266 (88 204) 34 174 (80 316) 33 797 (116 221)

All costs are mean (s.d.) GBP, 2016–2017.

*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.