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Table 2 Services rendered, number of recipients and mean costs

From: The use and costs of health and social services in patients with longstanding substance abuse

 

Number of recipients of service

Mean use per recipient during study period

Median costs per recipient of service during study period in € (IQR)

Mean costs for all participants (n = 15) during study period in € (SD)

Servives paid by the municipality

Home cleaning

4

20 hours

869 (77–1738)

237 (525)

Home nursing

9

71.6 hours

4075 (419–9954)

3082 (4281)

Day care centre

1

26 days

1156

77 (299)

Nursing home

4

33 days

6750 (4500–10286)

1886 (3525)

Social worker

9

204.7 hours

12 097 (2688–12 097)

5827 (6092)

Police custody

7

6 nights

1453 (242–1937)

678 (1087)

Kirkens bymission

1

 

151

10 (39)

Social welfare

9

 

1639 (339–6466)

3266 (6309)

Costs for municipal services

15

 

13 162 (5896–20 112)

15 064 (9525)

Municipal services paid by the client

Municipal housing

2

6 months

4298

573 (1512)

Specialized housing

6

5.14 months

1090 (0–2719)

812 (1554)

Hospice

3

16.3 days

0

74 (285)

General practitioner

10

8.5 visits

90 (41–100)

65 (79)

Community-based ED

10

5.1 visits

145 (73–218)

121 (169)

Out-of-pocket payments

15

 

178 (82–2928)

1646 (21079)

State-funded services

In-hospital stay

6

23.1 days

7151 (1294–17 840)

6998 (14 171)

Outpatient clinic

3

18 visits

3588

521 (1862)

Treatment for substance abuse

1

15 days

9080

605 (2344)

Disability pension

9

6 months

8417 (6589–10 631)

5038 (4796)

Retirement pension

5

6 months

8333 (8250–8691)

2907 (4275)

Costs for state-funded services

15

 

10 640 (8326–15 568)

16 069 (16 751)

Pay back of debts

8

 

−251 (302–716)

−304 (–458)

Total costs per six months

15

 

28 774 (21 555–39 143)

32 474 (18 284)

Minimum

   

6081

Maximum

   

80 937

  1. SD = standard deviation; IQR = Interquartile range where applicable.