Table 2.
Psychiatric and non-psychiatric costs by adherence and persistence patterns
Non-adherent (N = 2774) | Adherent (N = 2774) | B | p | Non-persistent (N = 1956) | Persistent (N = 1956) | B | p | |||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||||
Psychiatric-related costs | ||||||||||||
Total costs | 3061 | 5101 | 3907 | 5954 | −783.3 | <0.001 | 1553 | 3170 | 3317 | 5341 | −974.8 | <0.001 |
Copayments | 343 | 826 | 420 | 973 | −74.8 | 0.001 | 251 | 617 | 445 | 938 | −69.4 | <0.001 |
Government payments | 2697 | 4585 | 3463 | 5307 | −705.0 | <0.001 | 1293 | 2759 | 2845 | 4632 | −897.7 | <0.001 |
Non-psychiatric related | ||||||||||||
Total costs | 1900 | 6527 | 211 | 1450 | 1401.3 | <0.001 | 3039 | 8532 | 327 | 1673 | 1614.1 | <0.001 |
Copayments | 243 | 988 | 28 | 259 | 163.9 | <0.001 | 397 | 1238 | 52 | 291 | 200.1 | <0.001 |
Government payments | 1628 | 5715 | 181 | 1220 | 1219.7 | <0.001 | 2605 | 7538 | 266 | 1373 | 1403.0 | <0.001 |
Total psychiatric and non-psychiatric-related costs | ||||||||||||
Total costs | 4961 | 7867 | 4118 | 6109 | 617.996 | 0.0010 | 4592 | 8803 | 3644 | 5626 | 639.302 | 0.0100 |
Copayments | 586 | 1261 | 448 | 1009 | 89.090 | 0.0020 | 648 | 1355 | 497 | 1003 | 717.831 | 0.0010 |
Government payments | 4324 | 7004 | 3644 | 5434 | 514.649 | 0.0020 | 3899 | 7801 | 3112 | 4863 | 505.311 | 0.0190 |
**p < 0.001; adherence is defined as the percentage of days of psychiatric prescription (PDP) ≥ 80% and non-adherence as a PDP < 80%; currency unit = 1,000 Korean Won; data were collected from patients with schizophrenia and related disorders; the covariates included sex, age, duration of follow up, and insurance type (national health insurance or another type)