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. 2015 Oct 13;2(4):377–385. doi: 10.1007/s40801-015-0043-4

Table 2.

Mean adjusted per-month per-patient cost differential associated with PP utilization over 12 months post-index

Cost parameter Estimate Wald 95 % confidence limits ProbChiSq
Lower Upper
All-cause costs
 Inpatient costs −234.19 −361.70 −106.67 0.0003
 Emergency department costs −5.14 −11.64 1.35 0.1208
 Outpatient costs −335.89 −382.11 −289.67 <0.0001
  Outpatient office visit costs −0.55 −2.13 1.02 0.4922
  Other outpatient costs −330.19 −375.29 −285.09 <0.0001
 Pharmacy costs 1003.65 986.21 1021.09 <0.0001
 Total costsa 433.58 297.88 569.27 <0.0001
Mental-health-related costsb
 Inpatient costs −270.56 −354.67 −186.45 <0.0001
 Emergency department costs −0.22 −2.79 2.35 0.8658
 Outpatient costs −285.94 −317.70 −254.17 <0.0001
  Outpatient office visit costs 2.81 2.10 3.52 <0.0001
  Other outpatient costs −288.52 −320.12 −256.93 <0.0001
 Pharmacy costs 1019.30 1004.50 1034.10 <0.0001
 Total costsa 462.80 373.95 551.65 <0.0001

Values are in 2012 US dollars

Reflects the mean monthly cost differential for patient months with PP compared to without PP, adjusted for the covariates shown in Table 1

PP paliperidone palmitate

aComponents do not sum to total costs because each cost parameter was modeled separately

bIncludes claims with a primary diagnosis of ICD-9 290.xx–319.xx and pharmacy claims for all classes of psychiatric medications