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Table 3 Various associated costs for the two groups

From: Healthcare in schizophrenia: effectiveness and progress of a redesigned care network

Items (US$)

Study group (N= 1210)

Control group (N= 18911)

t

p

Clinic-total cost

485

636

-7.06

<0.001

Clinic-medication cost

244

403

-10.29

<0.001

Clinic-psychiatric treatment cost

26

28

-1.13

0.258

Home-based care – total cost

49

11

19.87

<0.001

Community rehabilitation – total costs

18

8

3.125

0.002

Acute hospital admission – total cost

3485

3253

1.74

0.081

Chronic hospital admission – total cost

3878

5353

-6.622

<0.001

Day admission center-total costs

2593

3436

-3.389

0.001

Psychiatric rehabilitation institution – total cost

317

1447

-11.24

<0.001

Total hospital admission costs

2319

1467

9.382

<0.001

Total hospital drug costs

166

149

1.424

0.155

Total hospital psychiatric treatment costs

503

169

21.76

<0.001

Average cost per patient

2737

2041

7.91

<0.001

Total medical cost

3,314,455

38,593,805

  
  1. Currency conversion: US$: NT$ = 1: 32