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. 2013 May 22;13:185. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-185

Table 2.

Services rendered, number of recipients and mean costs

  Number of recipients of service Mean use per recipient during study period Median costs per recipient of service during study period in € (IQR) Mean costs for all participants (n = 15) during study period in € (SD)
Servives paid by the municipality
Home cleaning
4
20 hours
869 (77–1738)
237 (525)
Home nursing
9
71.6 hours
4075 (419–9954)
3082 (4281)
Day care centre
1
26 days
1156
77 (299)
Nursing home
4
33 days
6750 (4500–10286)
1886 (3525)
Social worker
9
204.7 hours
12 097 (2688–12 097)
5827 (6092)
Police custody
7
6 nights
1453 (242–1937)
678 (1087)
Kirkens bymission
1
 
151
10 (39)
Social welfare
9
 
1639 (339–6466)
3266 (6309)
Costs for municipal services
15
 
13 162 (5896–20 112)
15 064 (9525)
Municipal services paid by the client
Municipal housing
2
6 months
4298
573 (1512)
Specialized housing
6
5.14 months
1090 (0–2719)
812 (1554)
Hospice
3
16.3 days
0
74 (285)
General practitioner
10
8.5 visits
90 (41–100)
65 (79)
Community-based ED
10
5.1 visits
145 (73–218)
121 (169)
Out-of-pocket payments
15
 
178 (82–2928)
1646 (21079)
State-funded services
In-hospital stay
6
23.1 days
7151 (1294–17 840)
6998 (14 171)
Outpatient clinic
3
18 visits
3588
521 (1862)
Treatment for substance abuse
1
15 days
9080
605 (2344)
Disability pension
9
6 months
8417 (6589–10 631)
5038 (4796)
Retirement pension
5
6 months
8333 (8250–8691)
2907 (4275)
Costs for state-funded services
15
 
10 640 (8326–15 568)
16 069 (16 751)
Pay back of debts
8
 
−251 (302–716)
−304 (–458)
Total costs per six months
15
 
28 774 (21 555–39 143)
32 474 (18 284)
Minimum
 
 
 
6081
Maximum       80 937

SD = standard deviation; IQR = Interquartile range where applicable.