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. 2008 Jun;43(3):931–950. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00799.x

Table 1.

Means of Analysis Variables (Weighted)

n=159 Mean SE
Total costs (2000$) $916,355 $103,573
Cost per patient day (2000$) $11.53 $0.74
Output
 Annual number of patient days 86,734 5,889
 Average daily patient census 238 16.13
 Annual hours of counseling (CN) 5,813 493
 Annual hours of intake services (INT) 1,162 79
 Annual hours of case management (CM) 1,949 233
 Annual hours of ongoing medical services (OMS) 1,286 147
Input prices ($2000)
 Counselor wage $14.89 $0.65
 Nurse wage $19.96 $0.46
 Monthly rent for space $1,132 $37.85
Program characteristics (% of programs)
 Private, for-profit 46.8% 7.1%
 Located in large urban area 66.3% 5.6%
 Located in medium-sized urban area 25.9% 4.9%
 Located in small-sized urban area 7.9% 2.1%
 Part of larger parent organization 70.8% 5.9%
 JCAHO or CARF accredited 22.0% 4.6%
Patient case mix
 Percentage nonwhite 41.6% 3.3%
 Percentage uninsured 44.9% 4.4%
 Percentage on Medicaid 35.1% 5.6%
Percentage dually diagnosed (percentage of programs within each category)
 ≤10% 19.6% 4.4%
 11–40% 43.5% 5.1%
 >40% 14.0% 2.4%
 Unknown—not assessed 22.5% 4.2%

SE, standard error.