Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of health care costs by subsamples
| Cumulated costs (CHF) | Total cost per day of incarceration (CHF) | Length of stay in 2011 (days) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Somatic | Psychiatric | ||||||||
| Sample (N) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) |
| All (1107) | 2217 | (5416) | 660 | (2302) | 1557 | (4465) | 28.73 | (82.79) | 97 | (94) |
| Positive costs onlya | 2483 | (5645) | 749 | (2439) | 1734 | (4679) | 31.77 | (86.51) | 104 | (93) |
| Age group | ||||||||||
| Under 50 (1036) | 2225 | (5536) | 645 | (2351) | 1580 | (4580) | 27.01 | (67.48) | 98 | (94) |
| Aged 50 and older (71) | 2105 | (3225) | 873 | (1388) | 1232 | (2164) | 53.80 | (200.73) | 95 | (100) |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male (1022) | 2140 | (5360) | 598 | (1891) | 1542 | (4589) | 26.78 | (77.91) | 99 | (95) |
| Female (85) | 3142 | (6008) | 1402 | (5069) | 1740 | (2542) | 52.16 | (125.91) | 84 | (75) |
| Chronic somatic conditions | ||||||||||
| None (681) | 1317 | (3628) | 307 | (476) | 1010 | (3307) | 21.06 | (58.01) | 83 | (88) |
| One or two (345) | 3496 | (7393) | 1083 | (3091) | 2413 | (6160) | 40.19 | (114.26) | 116 | (97) |
| Three or more (81) | 4339 | (6342) | 1823 | (5199) | 2516 | (3579) | 44.40 | (93.22) | 139 | (105) |
| Psychiatric conditions or substance abuse | ||||||||||
| None (672) | 841 | (2561) | 492 | (2325) | 349 | (724) | 20.19 | (91.28) | 79 | (87) |
| One or more (435) | 4343 | (7561) | 919 | (2243) | 3425 | (6650) | 41.93 | (65.54) | 126 | (98) |
| At least one somatic and one psychiatric condition or substance abuse (226) | 5297 | (8651) | 1268 | (2996) | 4029 | (7494) | 43.13 | (62.08) | 139 | (100) |
aThe means for total cost and length of stay only include the 1001 individuals with positive total costs. The means for somatic and psychiatric costs include 975 and 994 individuals with positive costs, respectively