Table 2.
Mean length of stay and associated costs of treatment, by study condition, in randomized arm. Significanta differences (p<.05) are bolded.
| Day Hospital | Residential | significant differences for study condition | significant differences for study condition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $575 per week (range $523 - $633) | $370 per week (range $289 - $475) | Length of stay | Costs | |||||
| Length of stay Days (SE) | Per episode cost $ | Length of stay days (SE) | Per episode cost $ | F-statistica | p-value | F-statistica | p-value | |
| Overall results (n=292) | 10.9 (.70) | $905 | 22.5 (1.79) | $1166 | 36.47 | <.001 | 5.12 | .025 |
| Results by Gender | ||||||||
| Females (n = 110) | 11.0 (1.18) | $909 | 19.1 (2.84) | $1154 | 6.94 | .011 | 1.54 | .219 |
| Males (n = 182) | 10.8 (.86) | $903 | 24.4 (2.28) | $1173 | 30.94 | <.001 | 3.59 | .060 |
| Results by Ethnicity | ||||||||
| Whites (n = 157) | 13.1 (.95) | $1088 | 21.0 (2.20) | $1050 | 10.83 | .001 | .070 | .792 |
| Non-Whites (n = 135) | 8.5 (.96) | $705 | 24.5 (2.95) | $1311 | 25.39 | .001 | 10.78 | .001 |
Note: All data and calculations were performed with the Drug Abuse Treatment Cost Analysis Program (DATCAP; www.DATCAP.com). Average episode cost = (average weekly program cost) X (client’s length of stay) / number of clients in the treatment condition (day hospital or residential treatment).
a
Significance based on the F-statistic for the Brown-Forsythe Robust Test of Equality of Means.