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Table 4 Mean costs and psychosocial functioning

From: Health service costs and clinical gains of psychotherapy for personality disorders: a randomized controlled trial of day-hospital-based step-down treatment versus outpatient treatment at a specialist practice

 

Step-down condition

Outpatient condition

Costs

GAF

Costs

GAF

n

Mean (SD)

Median

Mean (SD)

n

Mean (SD)

Median

Mean (SD)

Costs: The year before trial

45

844 (1793)

160

47 (4)

46

1406 (2604)

370

48 (5)

GAF: 0 months

Costs: First 0–8-month period

52

1462 (854)

1325

51 (10)

46

1294 (3034)

536

50 (12)

GAF: 8 months

Costs: 9–18-month period

47

618 (806)

496

53 (10)

37

944 (1771)

368

57 (12)

GAF: 18 months

Costs: Last 19–36-month period

45

794 (1128)

474

57 (12)*

36

407 (620)

270

67 (13)*

GAF: 36 months

  1. The table demonstrates mean monthly costs (€) per patient (treatment and additional health services) for each assessment period and global functioning (GAF) scores at baseline (0) and after 8, 18, and 36 months. Statistically significant differences between the outpatient and step-down condition are marked with an asterisk (* = P < 0.05, independent-samples t-tests).
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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