Table 2.

Healthcare utilisation and costs of the study population

Variable	Depression+ED group (N=254)		Depression group (N=1016)		P value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
All health services
Outpatient visits (n)	32.3	22.8	28.9	20.1	0.023
Outpatient costs (US$)*	1089	1516	877	1300	<0.001
Inpatient days (n)	1.6	6.4	4.4	49.4	0.301
Inpatient costs (US$)*	267	1040	418	3946	0.214
Total costs (US$)*	1356	1915	1296	4339	<0.001

*US$ (1.0 US dollar=30 New Taiwan dollars).

ED, eating disorder; SD, standard deviation.