Table 1.
Outpatient Program | Fiscal Year | Average Length of Stay (Weeks)* [1] | Average Daily Census [2] | Total Annual Economic Cost ($) [3] | Weekly Economic Cost Per Client ($)[3]/ [2]/52=[4] | Economic Cost Per Treatment Episode ($)†[1]×[4]=[5] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Program 1 | 1996 | 4 | 254 | 1,116,491 | 85 | 338 |
1997 | 4 | 280 | 985,698 | 68 | 271 | |
Program 2 | 1996 | 4 | 165 | 620,826 | 72 | 289 |
1997 | 4 | 165 | 573,697 | 67 | 267 | |
Program 3 | 1996 | 4 | 200 | 608,325 | 58 | 234 |
1997 | 4 | 200 | 605,032 | 58 | 233 | |
Program | 1996 | 4 | 206 | 781,187 | 72 | 288 |
average ‡ | 1997 | 4 | 214 | 720,117 | 64 | 228 |
Length of stay estimates were approximated from client records at each program.
Economic cost per treatment episode may not exactly equal the product of weekly cost per client and average length of stay due to rounding.
Represents the weighted average of the three outpatient drug-free programs, where the weights are the number of clients at each program.