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Table 7 Marginal inpatient case types: Estimated weekly costs of inpatient and recommended community carea by cost sector

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

Inpatient care

Recommended community care

Total cost differencec

NHS mental health costs

SSD costs

NHS mental health costs

SSD costs

6 (H)

2,193

73

442

119

−1704

10 (H)

2,193

73

260

0

−2005

26 (CH)

2,193

73

186

24

−2055

28 (H)

2,193

73

155

115

−1996

31 (CH)

2,193

145

508

9

−1821

  1. a£s per patient. Adjusted weekly costs i.e., one-off components have been distributed over the median length of inpatient admission for each case type
  2. bH = home; CH = care home
  3. cRecommended option minus original option