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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2013 Dec 21;46(4):491–497. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2013.12.002

Table 3.

Mean adjusted costs per participant by service domain over time and in housed vs. unhoused years

Service type Year 1 (n=255) Year 2 (n=255) Housed years 1 and 2 combined (n=190) Unhoused years 1 and 2 combined (n=320) All years 1 and 2 combined (n=510)
Medical 2,568 3,461 4,147 2,342 6,029
Psychiatric 2,150 1,155 1,260 1,186 3,305
Substance 1,642 362 741 1,157 2,004
Homeless maintenance 640 183 265* 499* 1,029
Homeless amelioration 257 2 213 80 324
Total of above 7,811 5,518 7,055 6,432 13,329
Acute behavioral health 2,671 443 946 1,920 3,114
Outpatient mental health 295 155 197 214 450

Housed and unhoused years were compared in multivariate logistic regressions (one model for each category listed in the table) predicting cost, controlling for sociodemographics (gender, age, ethnic minority status) and lifetime psychiatric diagnoses (alcohol use disorder, cocaine use disorder, serious mental illness) at baseline,

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p<.05.