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Table 6 Marginal inpatient case types: Estimated weekly costs of community carea and extent of informal care

From: Identifying alternatives to old age psychiatry inpatient admission: an application of the balance of care approach to health and social care planning

Case type (setting)b

Number in setting

Number for whom have information on services

Median cost of actual care

Mean cost of actual care

Standard deviation

Min – max cost of actual care

Cost of recommended care

Number receiving any informal care

Number receiving 21+ hours informal care per week

6 (H)

8

5

192

216

236

0 - 600

561

6

2

10 (H)

4

4

137

247

328

0 - 714

260

1

0

26 (CH)

10

5

57

228

280

11 - 619

211

N/A

N/A

28 (H)

14

7

36

163

328

0 - 900

269

11

7

31 (CH)

3

2

70

70

100

0 - 141

517

N/A

N/A

  1. a£s per patient
  2. bH = home; CH = care home