From: Costs of treating patients with schizophrenia who have illness-related crisis events
Characteristic | N = 1557 | |
---|---|---|
 | N | % |
Male | 948 | 60.9 |
Single, never married | 938 | 60.5 |
Ethnicity | Â | Â |
   White | 762 | 48.9 |
   Black | 589 | 37.8 |
   Other | 206 | 13.2 |
Health insurance | Â | Â |
   Medicaid/Medicare | 1243 | 81.2 |
   Department of Veteran Affairs | 97 | 6.3 |
   Private insurance | 70 | 4.6 |
   Other coverage | 16 | 1.1 |
   No health insurance | 104 | 6.8 |
Educational attainment, high school or less | 1047 | 67.9 |
 | Mean | SD |
Age, years | 42.4 | 11.1 |
Age at illness onset, years | 20.7 | 8.9 |
MADRS total score | 13.6 | 10.2 |
PANSS total score | 69.1 | 18.4 |
Medication days in the 6 months prior to enrollment | Â | Â |
   Atypical antipsychotic | 96.5 | 87 |
   Typical antipsychotic | 90.1 | 87 |
   Antidepressant | 59.1 | 81.8 |
   Mood stabilizer | 46.7 | 77.3 |
   Other psychotropic | 75.5 | 84.9 |