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Table 3 Consumption of health care services

From: Compliance, persistence, costs and quality of life in young patients treated with antipsychotic drugs: results from the COMETA study

Type of resource

From −90 days to enrolment (N = 637)

From enrolment to follow-up examination1 (N = 614)

From follow-up examination 1 to 2 (N = 603)

From follow-up examination 2 to 3 (N = 587)

Psychotherapy

    

Any type

    

- Proportion of patients

24.3%

22.8%

20.9%

17.4%

- No. sessions/pat-month, Mean (min-max)

1.7 (0.0-48.0)

1.6 (0.0-51.4)

1.6 (0.0-69.5)

1.3 (0–129.3)

Individual, group, familiar psychotherapy

    

- Proportion of patients

15.9%

14.0%

12.6%

12.1%

- No. sessions/pat-month, Mean (min- max)

0.7 (0.0-48.0)

0.5 (0.0-51.4)

0.6 (0.0-68.6)

0.5 (0.0-62.6)

Structured psychosocial rehabilitation group

    

- Proportion of patients

6.8%

7.0%

6.6%

2.7%

- No. sessions/pat-month, Mean (min-max)

0.6 (0.0-25.7)

0.5 (0.0-20.3)

0.5 (0.0-27.5)

0.4 (0.0-66.7)

Day center

    

- Proportion of patients

4.9%

5.9%

5.5%

4.8%

- No. sessions/pat-month, Mean (min-max)

0.5 (0.0-24.0)

0.5 (0.0-22.9)

0.5 (0.0-23.5)

0.4 (0.0-24.1)

Residential care units

    

Proportion of patients

1.7%

2.0%

2.5%

2.7%

- No. any accesses

15

13

15

20

- No. accesses for symptom relapse

6

6

8

6

- No. days/pat-month, Mean (min-max)

0.25 (0–28.0)

0.32 (0–28.2)

0.53 (0–29.7)

0.6 (0.0-29.8)

Hospital admissions (full day or day hospital)

    

- Proportion of patients for any reason

11.9%

7.2%

6.6%

8.4%

- No. admissions/pat-month, Mean (min-max)

0.05 (0.0-1.7)

0.03 (0.0-1.0)

0.03 (0.0-2.5)

0.02 (0.0-1.3)

- Proportion of patients for symptom relapse

9.7%

4.7%

4.2%

6.5%

- No. admissions/pat-month, Mean (min-max)

0.03 (0.0-1.0)

0.02 (0.0-1.0)

0.02 (0.0-0.9)

0.01 (0.0-0.7)

Nurse home visits

    

- Proportion of patients

7.4%

7.2%

5.1%

4.6%

- No. visits/pat-month, Mean (min-max)

0.6 (0.0-60.0)

0.2 (0.0-64.3)

0.1 (0.0-7.8)

0.1 (0.0-8.3)

Specialist examinations*

    

- Proportion of patients

9.8%

11.7%

12.3%

16.2%

- No. examinations/pat-month, Mean (min-max)

0.1 (0.0-23.3)

0.1 (0.0-4.5)

0.9 (0.0-3.6)

0.1 (0.0-11.9)

Diagnostic tests**

    

- Proportion of patients

29.0%

25.2%

24.2%

35.8%

- No. tests/pat-month, Mean (min-max)

1.4 (0.0-40.0)

1.0 (0.0-23.0)

1.0 (0.0-18.0)

1.8 (0.0-27.7)

  1. * More often psychiatrist, cardiologist, neurologist, gynaecologist or dietician. ** Blood tests and/or instrumental tests.
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