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. 2016 Jan 31;42(4):896–906. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbv224

Table 3.

Average 6-Month Measures of Health Service Use and Related Costs Over 24 Months by Duration of Untreated Psychosisc (DUP): Navigate vs Community Carea

Community Care Navigate
Meanb SE Meanb SE Difference % Difference t P
Low DUP
Service use (average nights or visits per patient per 6-month interval)
 All inpatient/residential days 4.96 3.08 6.48 2.82 1.5 30.65 0.36 .72
  Mental health or medical surgical inpatient days 5.36 2.53 3.58 2.38 −1.8 −33.21 0.51 .61
  Residential/nursing home days 0.26 1.99 3.2 1.79 2.9 1130.77 1.10 .27
 All outpatient visits 16.86 3.09 27.39 2.82 10.5 62.46 2.52 .01
  Emergency department visits 0.44 0.08 0.28 0.06 −0.2 −36.36 1.52 .13
  Medical surgical outpatient visits 1.17 0.61 1.69 0.54 0.5 44.44 0.64 .52
  Mental health outpatient visits 15.14 2.85 25.33 2.59 10.2 67.31 2.65 .01
Costs (per 6 months)
 All mental health and medical surgical inpatient costs $6661 2867 $2883 2706 −$3778 −56.72 0.96 .34
 Residential and nursing home costs $19 98 $159 87 $140 736.84 1.06 .29
 Outpatient service costs $1499 252 $2096 232 $597 39.83 1.74 .08
 Total medication costs $1460 354 $2189 336 $729 49.93 1.49 .14
 Total medication costs using generic costs for APS $277 64 $385 60 $108 38.99 1.23 .22
 Total costs (services and medication) $9549 2901 $7295 2738 −$2254 −23.60 0.57 .57
 Total costs (services and medication plus training costs) $9262 2748 $7894 2571 −$1368 −14.77 0.36 .72
 Total costs (services and medication using generic APS costs plus training costs) $8160 2737 $6074 2560 −$2086 −25.56 0.56 .58
High DUP
Service use (average nights or visits per patient per 6-month interval)
 All inpatient/residential days 3.24 1.72 8.49 1.61 5.3 162.04 1.38 .17
  Mental health or medical surgical inpatient days 2.32 1.24 4.03 1.16 1.7 73.71 1.01 .31
  Residential/nursing home days 0.83 0.99 2.59 0.92 1.8 212.05 1.31 .19
 All outpatient visits 24.03 3.27 26.84 3.12 2.8 11.69 0.63 .53
  Emergency department visits 0.59 0.13 0.58 0.12 0.0 −1.69 0.10 .92
  Medical surgical outpatient visits 2.44 0.55 1.62 0.52 −0.8 −33.61 1.09 .27
  Mental health outpatient visits 21.15 3.21 24.61 3.07 3.5 16.36 0.78 .44
Costs (per 6 months)
 All mental health and medical surgical inpatient costs $2889 1282 $4709 1177 $1820 63.00 1.05 .29
 Residential and nursing home costs $48 56 $147 52 $99 206.25 1.30 .19
 Outpatient service costs $1808 242 $2087 232 $279 15.43 0.84 .4
 Total service costs (excluding medications) $4759 1328 $7009 1222 $2250 47.28 1.25 .21
 Total medication costs $1198 208 $1943 196 $745 62.19 2.62 .009
 Total medication costs using generic costs for APS $433 69 $348 65 −$85 −19.63 0.90 .37
 Total costs (services and medication) $5989 1320 $9018 1213 $3029 50.58 1.70 .09
 Total costs (services and medication plus training costs) $5973 1417 $9812 1303 $3839 64.27 2.00 .05
 Total costs (services and medication using generic APS costs plus training costs) $5189 1557 $8257 1449 $3068 59.13 1.45 .15

Note: aMixed models included terms for treatment and categorical time with random intercepts for individual and site: 6-month least square means over 24 months.

bLeast square means from mixed models. Totals may not add up to sum of components because separate models were conducted for each variable.