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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 11.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011 Mar;68(3):253–262. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.9

Table 3.

Unadjusted Service Use and Cost (2006 US $) by Randomization Condition Through 24 Weeks

Variable With Use or Cost, %
Visits or Costs, Mean (SD)
RX RX + CBT RX (n=168) RX + CBT (n=166)
Nonprotocol services
 Inpatient mental health days 3.6 3.0 0.9 (7.9) 2.0 (16.2)
 Inpatient alcohol or drug days 0.6 0 0.0 (0.1) 0
 Counseling or medication management visits 22.9 19.6 1.9 (4.7) 2.1 (5.4)
 Day hospital days 1.8 2.4 0.2 (1.7) 0.5 (2.8)
 Alcohol or drug treatment visits 1.2 0.6 0.1 (1.1) 0.1 (1.1)
 Crisis services 0 1.8 0.1 (0.9) 0.1 (0.9)
 Medical physician visits 1.2 4.2 0.1 (0.5) 0.1 (0.4)
 Emergency department visits 3.0 4.8 0.2 (0.7) 0.1 (0.4)
 Antidepressant medication from nonprotocol care providers 9.5 12.0 NA NA
 Stimulant medication 0 3.0 NA NA
 Other psychotropic medication 0.6 1.8 NA NA
 Any school services 16.3 11.9 4.6 (14.8) 2.8 (11.5)
 Juvenile correction contact 1.2 1.2 0.1 (0.5) 0.2 (1.4)
Nonprotocol costs, $
 Any 53.6 48.2 1646 (5092) 2435 (8878)a
 Total nonprotocol family NA NA 305 (1178) 325 (973)
Intervention costs, $
 Medication NA NA 460 (182) 460 (183)
 Medication management NA NA 665 (326) 628 (365)
 CBT NA NA NA 232 (108)
 Total intervention family NA NA 1204 (1479) 1606 (1200)
 Total intervention costs NA NA 2481 (1718) 3224 (1609)b
 Total costsc NA NA 4673 (7173) 6306 (12 029)b

Abbreviations: NA, not applicable; RX, medication switch only; RX + CBT, combined medication switch and cognitive behavior therapy.

a

Not statistically significant.

b

Statistically significant, P<.001.

c

Total costs were imputed using multiple imputation with chained equations if missing.

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