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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2025 Mar 30;348:116477. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116477

Table 4.

Impact of PTSD and SDoH on HCRU (2019) in the Civilian Population

Base (Mean Visits in Control Group) (A) PTSD Additive Effect (B) Incremental SDoH Effect (C) Mean Visits in PTSD Population (A+B+C)
Outpatient
Mean Visits 10.30 4.70 1.43 16.43
Additional Visit Contribution [%] 76.8 23.2
Cost per Patient ($) 2,345 714
Cost to System (in billions $) 23.90 7.27
Emergency Room
Mean Visits 0.29 0.14 0.14 0.57
Additional Visit Contribution [%] 49.9 50.1
Cost per Patient ($) 151 152
Cost to System (in billions $) 1.54 1.55
Psychotherapy
Mean Visits 0.57 1.62 −0.02 2.18
Additional Visit Contribution [%] 101.0 −1.0
Cost per Patient ($) 222 −3
Cost to System (in billions $) 2.26 −0.03