Table 1.

Cost of illness

	Schizophrenia			Bipolar disorder
	€, mean	SD	%*	€, mean	SD	%*
Antipsychotics (N05A)	1,018.81	1,213.58	24.5%	880.31	1,000.24	26.7%
Other drugs (CNS)	98.21	228.52	2.4%	264.87	364.18	8.0%
Ambulatory services	128.85	372.64	3.1%	114.08	284.00	3.5%
Hospitalisations	1,128.01	3,779.11	27.1%	1,542.01	3,839.23	46.7%
Nursing home	1,783.56	6,173.32	42.9%	499.76	3,123.50	15.1%
TOTAL	4,157.44			3,301.03

*Percentage of total cost; SD, standard deviation; CNS, central nervous system.