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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 17.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Psychiatry. 2011 Jun 15;168(11):1171–1178. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11010071

Table 3.

Costs of Care (Health System Perspective)

Variable wave PCARE (n=205) Usual Care (n=202) Δ PCARE - Usual Care Probability of Cost offset (%)

Medical outpatient visit, $ Year 1 1855 (1644, 2090) 1589 (1388, 1801) 265 (−38, 573) 7.6
Year 2 1338 (1160, 1525) 1358 (1151, 1577) −20 (−323, 260) 53.1

Medical ER Visit, $ Year 1 779 (601, 971) 1038 (838, 1250) −259 (−564, 23) 93.3
Year 2 580 (435, 743) 668 (506, 860) −88 (−328, 141) 71.1

Medical Hospitalization, $ Year 1 1170 (698, 1723) 1194 (730, 1726) −23 (−721, 670) 52.6
Year 2 626 (331, 991) 683 (369, 1064) −57 (−535, 426) 58.5

Mental Health outpatient visit, $ Year 1 4086 (3721, 4464) 4346 (3921, 4812) −260 (−858, 289) 76.2
Year 2 2864 (2495, 3259) 3451 (3040, 3862) −587 (−1149, −11) 95.7

Psychiatric ER Visit, $ Year 1 224 (164, 289) 241 (172, 311) −17 (−110, 76) 62.6
Year 2 176 (126, 233) 242 (158, 335) −66 (−173, 40) 87.0

Psychiatric Hospitalization, $ Year 1 420 (120, 802) 308 (130, 495) 112 (−263, 538) 33.5
Year 2 78 (0, 186) 438 (158, 768) −360 (−704, −73) 97.8

Total Cost, $ Year 1 8934 (8042, 9868) 8715 (7784, 9777) 218 (−1190, 1585) 38.4
Year 2 5908 (5181, 6620) 6840 (6096, 7629) −932 (−1973, 102) 92.3