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Table 2 Hospitalization days and total mental healthcare costs (summary of outcomes and sensitivity analyses)

From: An intensive multimodal group programme for patients with psychotic disorders at risk of rehospitalization: a controlled intervention study

Outcome

Intervention group

Control group

Group parameter

Hospitalization days (Mean and SD)

15.2 (32.2)

34.6 (76.4)

 

- Adjusted (estimated mean and SE)a

14.7 (5.4)

34.6 (11.7)

-.859 (p = .042)

- Excluding baseline hospitalized patients

14.7 (5.4)

25.5 (8.5)

-.554 (p = .13)

- Excluding outlier

13.6 (4.8)

25.1 (8.7)

-.614 (p = .10)

Total mental healthcare costs € (Mean and SD)

21,098 (18,659)

25,054 (39,196)

 

- Adjusted (estimated mean and SE)a

21,501 (3262)

26,152 (3820)

−.196 (p = .172)

- Excluding baseline hospitalized patients

22,895 (3317)

18,070 (2675)

.237 (p = .125)

- Excluding outlier

20,249 (2890)

20,778 (2989)

−.026 (p = .448)

  1. aModel includes casemix factors (medication formulation, psychosis, drug abuse, gender and age grand mean centered); Wald-test, one-sided P-values