Table 4. The impact of independent variables on total hospital cost among LAT treated patients (multiple regression analysis).

Model LAT	b	SE-b	beta	Pearson r
Constant	442.672	213.732
Age*	−4.862	2.445	−0.134	−0.206
Gender	−94.649	130.726	−0.049	−0.109
Number of hospital admissions	66.641	40.408	0.221	0.645
Duration of hospital admissions*	11.905	3.450	0.461	0.675
Type of LAT	−16.626	29.024	−0.038	0.036
Outpatient physician consultations*	5.608	2.798	0.134	0.138
Inpatient physician consultations	0.233	0.442	0.035	0.159
Relapses followed by hospital admission	28.232	27.235	0.081	0.027
Relapses followed by outpatient detoxification	−26.307	33.150	−0.062	−0.087

Note: The dependent variable was Total hospital cost. R² = 0.517, Adjusted R² = 0.480; p<0.05*.