. 2018 Apr 30;12:22. doi: 10.1186/s13034-018-0227-2

Table 2.

Outpatient, emergency and total treatment costs (EUR) per patient, week 0–19 (trial), week 20–71 (follow-up) and week 0–71 (entire period)

	Week 0–19				Week 20–71				Week 0–71
	DBT-A	EUC	Mean diff (SE)	p	DBT-A	EUC	Mean diff (SE)	p	DBT-A	EUC	Mean diff (SE)	p
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean diff (SE)	p	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean diff (SE)	p	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean diff (SE)	p
Outpatient costs	15,850 (5758)	9566 (5782)	6284 (1333)	0.000^a	5367 (7079)	9938 (9894)	− 4571 (1969)	0.010	21,217 (10,906)	19,504 (14,291)	1713 (2892)	0.555^b
Emergency treatment costs^a	349 (1726)	3651 (21,644)	− 3303 (3476)		541 (2996)	6757 (22,503)	− 6215 (3682)		890 (4701)	10,408 (30,440)	− 9518 (4803)	0.261
Emergency treatment costs, hospitalizations excluded	24 (73)	90 (187)	− 66 (33)		63 (171)	20 (74)	43 (30)		87 (206)	110 (217)	− 23 (46)	0.659
Emergency treatment: number of patients and incidents	6 patients (2 inpatients) 10 incidents	10 patients (2 inpatients) 23 incidents			8 patients (1 inpatient) 11 incidents	8 patients (6 inpatients) 10 incidents			11 patients (3 inpatients) 21 incidents	13 patients (8 inpatients) 33 incidents
Total treatment costs	16,199 (6669)	13,217 (23,006)	2981 (3839)	0.000	5909 (8266)	16,695 (27,042)	− 10,787 (4582)	0.007	22,107 (13,358)	29,912 (40,179)	− 7805 (6860)	0.508

^a Costs of emergency treatment due to self-harm or risk of self-harm, including GP consultations, emergency department visits and hospitalizations

^b t test. Other tests of p values of mean difference are tested by Mann–Whitney U