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Table 1 Service unit costs and average costs per patient at baseline (previous 4 weeks)

From: Medical and social costs after using financial incentives to improve medication adherence: results of a 1 year randomised controlled trial

 

Unit costs €

n (%) patients using service

Average costs per patient (SD)

Medical costs related to psychiatric treatment

 Contact with a caregiver from a regional institute for outpatient mental healthcare

113

150 (89%)

408.3 (509.4)

 Contact with a psychiatrist, psychologist or psychotherapist at a private (group) practice

95

16 (10%)

14.1 (66.1)

 Contact with a psychiatrist, psychologist or psychotherapist (i.e. outpatient visit in hospital)

95

11 (7%)

12.4 (69.2)

 Contact with a clinic for alcohol and drugs

31

2 (1%)

5.5 (66.9)

 Participation in a self-help group

58

4 (2%)

3.1 (22.2)

 Day- or part-time psychiatric hospital treatment

278

5 (3%)

28.5 (267.9)

 Psychiatric hospitalisation

446

6 (4%)

393.2 (2832.8)

Subtotal average sum

Excluding hospitalisation

 

169 (100%)

901.4 (2982.5)

508.2 (682.8)

Medical costs related to other healthcare services

 Contact with a general practitioner

33

44 (26%)

13.1 (25.8)

 Contact with a company doctor

33

2 (1%)

0.4 (3.6)

 Contact with a medical specialist (i.e. outpatient visit in hospital)

92

17 (10%)

21.8 (102.0)

 Contact with a physiotherapist

33

3 (2%)

1.2 (10.7)

 Contact with a social worker

65

33 (20%)

37.7 (125.2)

 Home care

20

17 (10%)

13.4 (47.5)

 Contact with an alternative healer

51

2 (1%)

1.8 (17.5)

 Day- or part-time treatment

278

 Other hospitala

170

 Hospitalisation

446

3 (2%)

39.6 (310.9)

Subtotal average sum

Excluding hospitalisation

 

169 (100%)

91.2 (337.5)

54.7 (127.6)

Total medical costs

  

992.6 (3008.8)

Total costs, excluding hospitalisation

  

559.8 (702.1)

  1. a Other than a general hospital, an academic hospital, or a rehabilitation center