Cost-effectiveness analysis of antipsychotics in reducing schizophrenia relapses

Health Economics Review

Table 4 Unitary cost (€, 2009)

Status	Cost (€)
Relapse (hospital cost)	5,589 (1) [32]
Acute EPS (extra-pyramidal symptoms)	85 (2)
Psychiatric medical visit	68 [42]
Biperidene (2 mg/8 h/day)	17 [31]
Weight gain	117 (3)
General physician medical visit	39 [42]
Diabetes Mellitus (control)	855 [34, 35]
Amputation	5,857 [36]
Fatal myocardial infarction	1,531 [37]
Heart failure	4,189 [38]
Ischaemic heart disease	2,474 [39]
Non-fatal myocardial infarction	21,610 [37]
Non-fatal Stroke	5,199 [40]

(1) = including inpatient stay and pharmacological treatment
(2) = including medication (biperidene 2 mg/8 hours/day for three months) plus one medical visit to a psychiatrist
(3) = one visit to a general physician (primary care) for three months

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