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) | |
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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 |