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Table 2 Average monthly costs by treatment group over 12 months

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of psychosocial intervention for early stage schizophrenia in China: a randomized, one-year study

Type of cost (US $)

Combined treatment (n = 580)

Treatment as usual (n = 604)

F

p

Direct medical costs

112.2(8.9)

107.5(9.2)

0.167

0.918

Medication costs

77.7(7.9)

79.2(8.1)

0.014

0.998

Intervention costs

6.9(1.7)

1.8(1.3)

7.837

0.005

Health care use costsa

25.7(3.9)

25.4(3.8)

0.141

0.707

Direct nonmedical costs

7.4(1.3)

6.5(1.4)

0.226

0.878

Indirect costs

94.7(14.0)

97.1(14.4)

0.007

0.999

Total costs

213.3(18.6)

213.2(19.2)

0.116

0.951

  1. aExcluded intervention costs.