Table 4.
Direct medical costs
|
Variable description |
90 days before enrolment (N = 637) |
From enrolment to follow-up examination 1 (N = 614) |
Between follow-up examinations 1 & 2 (N = 603) |
Between follow-up examinations 2 & 3 (N = 587) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean €/pat-month | % | Mean €/pat-month | % | Mean €/pat-month | % | Mean €/pat-month | % | |
| Drug treatment |
115.30 |
29.5 |
144.9 |
35.2 |
146.5 |
34.2 |
144.57 |
35.9 |
|
Antipsychotic drugs |
100.70 |
25.8 |
127.9 |
31.1 |
129.0 |
30.2 |
127.83 |
31.7 |
|
Concomitant drugs |
14.57 |
3.7 |
16.8 |
4.1 |
17.0 |
4.0 |
16.73 |
4.1 |
| Psychotherapy |
114.00 |
29.2 |
108.36 |
26.3 |
98.20 |
22.9 |
93.53 |
23.2 |
| Hospitalizations, of which |
105.75 |
27.1 |
93.33 |
22.7 |
91.69 |
21.4 |
69.62 |
17.3 |
|
Full day admissions for symptom relapse |
85.51 |
21.9 |
42.76 |
10.4 |
38.87 |
9.1 |
34.14 |
8.5 |
| Residential Care Units |
37.22 |
9.5 |
49.11 |
11.9 |
80.60 |
18.8 |
85.06 |
21.1 |
| Nurse home visits |
9.21 |
2.4 |
10.02 |
2.4 |
5.46 |
1.3 |
4.67 |
1.2 |
| Lab and instrumental diagnostic tests |
6.00 |
1.5 |
3.87 |
0.9 |
3.49 |
0.8 |
3.40 |
0.8 |
| Specialist examinations |
2.91 |
0.7 |
1.97 |
0.5 |
2.35 |
0.5 |
2.32 |
0.6 |
| Total medical costs | 390.39 | 100 | 411.61 | 100 | 428.27 | 100 | 403.17 | 100 |