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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 Nov 11;100(1-2):47–53. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.08.015

Table 3.

Program Characteristics and Costs by Outpatient Treatment Type

Regular (n = 23) Intensive (n = 9) Mixed (n = 38)
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Active client count 85.5 106.8 33.0 36.5 140.2 172.7
Annual admissions 275.4 285.2 210.2 185.1 458.8 523.3
Annual discharges 252.7 288.5 200.4 185.2 449.8 564.8
Average length of stay (days) 104.4 42.4 58.7 15.1 126.2 61.4
Occupancy rate 94% 87% 75% 41% 63% 26%
Licensed slots 101.1 133.4 41.3 48.2 203.1 201.3
Total annual cost $241,011 $286,026 $253,018 $215,397 $543,381 $525,239
 20% Trimmed mean $162,761 $196,450 $406,526
Personnel/Labor $174,883 $199,140 $177,552 $150,522 $372,333 $354,330
   20% Trimmed mean $127,590 $141,657 $279,871
Non-Personnel $67,689 $94,572 $75,244 $77,117 $167,991 $176,133
 20% Trimmed mean $37,449 $51,486 $118,456
Treatment episode $926 $404 $1,277 $358 $2,535 $4,955
 20% Trimmed mean $882 $1,310 $1,381
Enrolled day $9 $3 $23 $7 $18 $25
 20% Trimmed mean $9 $23 $11
Counseling hour $80 $55 $88 $30 $121 $157
 20% Trimmed mean $64 $85 $86
Group counseling hour per client $10 $6 $11 $3 $14 $14
 20% Trimmed mean $8 $11 $10