Fully staffed accommodation costs correspond to the largest proportion of costs associated with mental healthcare packages for deinstitutionalised psychiatric patients.

Residential service costs may depend on the region where services are located, and these costs can vary according to the length of time individuals are using mental health services (residential or psychiatric hospital).

There is a need to offer different types of residential services according to different levels of psychiatric and psychosocial impairments. Poor quality of life is related to low independent living skills and greater psychiatric symptom severity. Implementation of psychosocial rehabilitation strategies may allow residents to gain autonomy and live with fewer staff support provisions within cost-saving homes.