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. 2004 Oct;3(3):172–177.

Table 3.

Episode cost profile by episode type

No. of episodes Mean Median Minimum Maximum Percentile 25 Percentile 75 CV
Child inpatient - Ongoing 26 $74,772 $79,543 $23,869 $122,916 $56,775 $90,715 0.29
Adult inpatient - Ongoing 1094 $43,545 $39,821 $1,764 $227,596 $31,160 $50,062 0.44
Child inpatient - Complete 67 $25,762 $17,633 $1,612 $77,175 $9,374 $37,366 0.82
Adult inpatient - Complete 1661 $11,757 $7,635 $284 $108,041 $3,329 $15,201 1.08
Child shared community care - Complete 10 $4,209 $2,332 $218 $17,797 $885 $5,349 1.27
Adult shared community care - Ongoing 681 $1,971 $1,105 $64 $40,837 $600 $2,332 1.47
Child direct community care - Ongoing 2613 $1,867 $1,207 $56 $33,490 $584 $2,338 1.15
Child direct community care - Complete 554 $1,744 $1,192 $59 $17,783 $476 $2,272 1.07
Adult direct community care - Ongoing 9034 $1,694 $1,085 $37 $36,517 $561 $2,116 1.14
Child shared community care - Ongoing 82 $1,682 $853 $169 $8,999 $407 $2,213 1.10
Adult shared community care - Complete 216 $1,673 $1,100 $71 $28,510 $471 $1,877 1.47
Adult direct community care - Complete 1781 $1,560 $1,010 $46 $14,328 $577 $1,960 1.06
Child assessment only 102 $459 $399 $131 $1,109 $262 $661 0.54
Adult assessment only 1318 $423 $366 $71 $1,412 $233 $549 0.58

CV – coefficient of variation