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. 2021 Mar 17;52(2):540–552. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-04955-4

Table 4.

Average annual costs by type of service

Type of service 0–11 years 12–17 years  ≥ 18 years Overall
Mean, € 95% CI Mean, € 95% CI Mean, € 95% CI Mean, € 95% CI % Total costs
Inpatient services
 Psychiatric or psychosomatic inpatient care 70.43 7.83 219.12 8.60 0.00 25.79 1249.27 572.47 2800.83 650.97 317.32 1450.39 19.8
 Non-psychiatric inpatient care 37.42 0.00 108.87 37.37 9.34 106.50 70.94 31.40 160.49 54.47 30.79 104.79 1.7
 Inpatient rehabilitation centre 406.48 194.00 794.49 123.03 39.32 298.06 38.69 0.00 121.58 129.42 74.36 214.22 3.9
Other hospital-based services
 Emergency department 16.53 8.26 25.82 3.97 1.13 7.94 14.83 9.53 23.30 11.68 8.45 16.54 0.4
 Outpatient clinic 76.58 27.03 223.72 65.14 32.16 150.08 146.12 89.56 251.86 106.90 71.54 164.68 3.3
 Day care unit 256.52 22.11 1211.82 170.02 0.00 510.06 148.92 33.43 554.45 174.40 63.11 435.22 5.3
Outpatient services
 General practitioner 7.17 1.98 17.96 23.79 16.37 33.66 84.46 72.02 102.92 51.84 44.35 61.45 1.6
 Paediatrician 119.08 94.26 148.12 80.78 61.49 108.81 11.13 5.19 25.49 51.59 42.26 64.01 1.6
 Adult psychiatrist 1.38 0.00 6.78 9.69 0.75 42.48 85.74 59.68 128.53 46.77 32.67 70.45 1.4
 Child and adolescent psychiatrist 101.16 53.12 172.64 142.68 99.06 201.65 33.03 15.41 61.66 79.30 60.52 105.05 2.4
 Psychotherapist (for adults) 49.46 14.62 197.84 92.31 28.10 242.15 289.04 192.97 427.28 184.27 125.52 262.97 5.6
 Psychotherapist (for children) 84.61 26.85 200.94 92.97 30.04 238.86 23.27 6.24 66.22 56.04 28.32 101.60 1.7
 Centre for social paediatrics 139.39 55.76 278.79 60.33 22.62 113.11 9.44 0.00 28.45 48.04 26.42 79.06 1.5
 Psychiatric outpatient clinic 12.17 0.00 61.78 26.14 6.48 79.08 26.91 8.93 60.43 24.15 11.83 45.24 0.7
 ASD outpatient clinic 425.83 292.00 580.76 355.87 254.89 473.20 225.43 168.32 293.06 301.10 249.71 360.19 9.2
 Dentist/Orthodontist 131.06 100.98 168.26 190.62 156.08 233.11 102.64 85.53 123.06 135.48 120.25 154.37 4.1
 Ophthalmologist/Optician 27.40 17.43 38.60 36.79 27.20 49.65 23.24 16.52 32.21 28.25 23.06 34.42 0.9
 ENT specialist/hearing aid audiologist 14.90 6.91 33.83 8.01 3.30 19.62 13.44 8.72 19.58 11.96 8.63 17.00 0.4
Non-physician practitioner services
 Speech therapy 970.65 724.70 1250.92 252.69 146.70 412.92 94.76 41.85 188.97 290.78 220.67 371.89 8.8
 Occupational therapy 1086.24 849.78 1321.17 294.61 188.01 430.93 170.17 104.56 266.02 363.90 292.94 448.30 11.1
 Physiotherapist 170.81 94.27 285.03 151.65 98.54 222.17 129.92 85.31 198.72 143.83 111.40 186.83 4.4
Medication
 Prescription medication 114.10 51.84 243.30 299.94 206.34 444.07 492.98 352.32 939.23 365.87 288.58 588.51 11.1
Total 4177.01 3497.54 5000.22 2509.88 2065.93 3287.96 3466.21 2618.03 5071.10 3286.86 2811.50 4140.95