Table 9.

Mean annual cost of treatment per patient (€)

Cost categories (€)	Paliperidone ER	Risperidone	Olanzapine	Quetiapine	Ziprasidone	Aripiprazole
Total cost	7,030.27	7,033.85	7,082.06	8,321.31	7,806.69	7,712.63
Hospitalisation	2,894.83	3,128.76	2,901.25	3,282.16	3,363.56	3,296.10
Day hospital	1,632.44	1,638.22	1,632.07	1,640.61	1,643.80	1,642.17
Emergency room visit	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Outpatient physician visit	158.97	161.74	161.38	163.15	163.22	162.47
Outpatient mental health clinic visit	657.40	667.46	664.03	671.95	673.69	670.93
Home health care	17.43	18.65	17.41	19.30	19.85	19.50
Social/group therapy meeting	104.89	103.61	105.75	102.77	101.88	102.26
Other: (e.g. nutritionist visits)	22.82	22.40	24.87	22.26	21.00	21.15
Medication cost	1,541.50	1,293.02	1,575.30	2,419.11	1,819.69	1,798.05
Original medication	1,100.10	683.49	1,117.81	1,993.39	1,306.64	1,294.38
Switched medication	440.64	608.77	456.90	425.47	512.38	503.00
ES medication	0.76	0.76	0.59	0.25	0.67	0.67

ES, extrapyrimidal symptoms.