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Table 4 Total costs (n = 132)

From: Hospitalization rates and resource utilization of schizophrenic patients switched from oral antipsychotics to aripiprazole-depot in Germany

Treatment

oral medication

aripiprazole-depot

Productivity loss (days of sick leave)

57,686.40 €

14,220.00 €

EBM Services

41.496,84 €

37,775.82 €

GOÄ Services

3.780,70 €

1581.62 €

Days in day-clinics / PIA

16,000.00 €

8400.00 €

EBM Services during hospitalization

10,344.07 €

3434.13 €

GOÄ Services during hospitalization

616.66 €

170.07 €

Hospital days

746,168.65 €

170,021.33 €

Emergency Services

413.67 €

80.22 €

Emergency Physician

1699.74 €

171.00 €

Non-drug-interventions

49,291.59 €

13,699.69 €

Aripiprazole-depot injections

0.00 €

306,975.32 €

Medication

323,109.37 € (116,860.96 €*)

13,642.75 €

Medication (pre-existing conditions)

60,861.86 €

31,425.42 €

Total

1,311,469.55 € (1,105,221.14 €*)

601,597.37 €

Direct Costs (without productivity losses)

1,253,783.15 €

587,377.37 €

  1. * without the costs for aripiprazole (oral medication)