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Table 2 Mean costs of stable and unstable patients in the year 2006 in €

From: The costs of schizophrenia and predictors of hospitalisation from the statutory health insurance perspective

 

Stable patients* (n=8497)

Unstable patients** (n=1449)

 

Mean

Standard deviation

95%-confidence-interval

Mean

Standard deviation

95%-confidence-interval

Schizophrenia specific costs

Medication

1124

1394

(1095,1154)

1292

1415

(1219,1365)

Outpatient

services

327

407

(318,336)

346

433

(323,368)

Remedies

20

194

(16,24)

16

149

(8,23)

Sick leave

payments

116

1561

(83,149)

331

2020

(227,435)

Hospitalisation

0

0

(0,0)

10816

10000

(10301,11332)

Rehabilitation

2

91

(0,4)

55

1178

(−5,116)

Other services

16

275

(10,22)

8

147

(1,16)

Total costs

1605

2266

(1557,1653)

12864

10614

(12317,13411)

Overall costs

Medications

1554

1940

(1513,1596)

1552

1756

(1462,1643)

Outpatient

services

726

710

(711,741)

769

1145

(710,828)

Remedies

80

403

(72,89)

48

233

(36,60)

Sick leave

      

payments

275

2347

(225,325)

751

3242

(584,918)

Hospitalisations

1233

4567

(1136,1330)

13423

11489

(12831,14016)

Rehabilitation

38

624

(24,51)

120

1446

(45,194)

Other services

123

841

(105,141)

161

977

(111,212)

Total costs

4029

6199

(3898,4161)

16824

12653

(16172,17476)

  1. * Stable patients were defined as those persons, who did not have to be treated in a hospital in both 2005 as well as in 2006 due to a diagnosis of schizophrenia (ICD F20).
  2. ** Patients were defined as unstable if they were hospitalised because of a diagnosis of schizophrenia in 2006.