Table 4 Direct medical costs
Variable description | 90 days before enrolment (N = 637) | From enrolment to follow-up examination 1 (N = 614) | Between follow-up examinations 1 & 2 (N = 603) | Between follow-up examinations 2 & 3 (N = 587) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Mean €/pat-month | % | Mean €/pat-month | % | Mean €/pat-month | % | Mean €/pat-month | % |
Drug treatment | 115.30 | 29.5 | 144.9 | 35.2 | 146.5 | 34.2 | 144.57 | 35.9 |
Antipsychotic drugs | 100.70 | 25.8 | 127.9 | 31.1 | 129.0 | 30.2 | 127.83 | 31.7 |
Concomitant drugs | 14.57 | 3.7 | 16.8 | 4.1 | 17.0 | 4.0 | 16.73 | 4.1 |
Psychotherapy | 114.00 | 29.2 | 108.36 | 26.3 | 98.20 | 22.9 | 93.53 | 23.2 |
Hospitalizations, of which | 105.75 | 27.1 | 93.33 | 22.7 | 91.69 | 21.4 | 69.62 | 17.3 |
Full day admissions for symptom relapse | 85.51 | 21.9 | 42.76 | 10.4 | 38.87 | 9.1 | 34.14 | 8.5 |
Residential Care Units | 37.22 | 9.5 | 49.11 | 11.9 | 80.60 | 18.8 | 85.06 | 21.1 |
Nurse home visits | 9.21 | 2.4 | 10.02 | 2.4 | 5.46 | 1.3 | 4.67 | 1.2 |
Lab and instrumental diagnostic tests | 6.00 | 1.5 | 3.87 | 0.9 | 3.49 | 0.8 | 3.40 | 0.8 |
Specialist examinations | 2.91 | 0.7 | 1.97 | 0.5 | 2.35 | 0.5 | 2.32 | 0.6 |
Total medical costs | 390.39 | 100 | 411.61 | 100 | 428.27 | 100 | 403.17 | 100 |