Discontinuity of psychiatric care for patients with schizophrenia, relation to previous psychiatric care and practice variation between providers: a retrospective longitudinal cohort study

Table 1 Demographic and treatment characteristics of the study sample (n = 9194)

Demographic characteristics				Treatment characteristics
	Category	number	%		Category	number
Sex	Female	3294	35.8%	Elective care^a	<=€3000	1227
Sex					> €3000	7967
Age	18–22 years	211	2.3%
	23–26 years	395	4.3%	Acute care^b	€0	6691
	27–38 years	2155	23.4%		€0 - €10,000	1092
	39–61 years	5459	59.4%		€10,000 - €60,000	1088
	62–69 years	974	10.6%		€60,000 - €90,000	176
					> €90,000	147
Urbanization	High	4926	53.6%
	Medium-high	2395	26.0%	Alcohol and opioid dependence
	Medium	861	9.4%		yes	506
	Medium-low	638	6.9%
	Low	373	4.1%	Continuous variables		Mean
				Nr of quarters^c	Both E&A	5.97
					E only	1.01
					A only	0.50
					Neither E nor A	0.52

^a Amount of elective psychiatric care in the two-year period; ^b Amount of acute psychiatric care in the two-year period; ^c Number of quarters within the two-year period given the types of care: E Elective psychiatric care, A Antipsychotic medication

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