Table 2 Descriptive statistics of health care costs by subsamples
From: The determinants of individual health care expenditures in prison: evidence from Switzerland
Cumulated costs (CHF) | Total cost per day of incarceration (CHF) | Length of stay in 2011 (days) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Somatic | Psychiatric | ||||||||
Sample (N) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) |
All (1107) | 2217 | (5416) | 660 | (2302) | 1557 | (4465) | 28.73 | (82.79) | 97 | (94) |
Positive costs onlya | 2483 | (5645) | 749 | (2439) | 1734 | (4679) | 31.77 | (86.51) | 104 | (93) |
Age group | ||||||||||
Under 50 (1036) | 2225 | (5536) | 645 | (2351) | 1580 | (4580) | 27.01 | (67.48) | 98 | (94) |
Aged 50 and older (71) | 2105 | (3225) | 873 | (1388) | 1232 | (2164) | 53.80 | (200.73) | 95 | (100) |
Gender | ||||||||||
Male (1022) | 2140 | (5360) | 598 | (1891) | 1542 | (4589) | 26.78 | (77.91) | 99 | (95) |
Female (85) | 3142 | (6008) | 1402 | (5069) | 1740 | (2542) | 52.16 | (125.91) | 84 | (75) |
Chronic somatic conditions | ||||||||||
None (681) | 1317 | (3628) | 307 | (476) | 1010 | (3307) | 21.06 | (58.01) | 83 | (88) |
One or two (345) | 3496 | (7393) | 1083 | (3091) | 2413 | (6160) | 40.19 | (114.26) | 116 | (97) |
Three or more (81) | 4339 | (6342) | 1823 | (5199) | 2516 | (3579) | 44.40 | (93.22) | 139 | (105) |
Psychiatric conditions or substance abuse | ||||||||||
None (672) | 841 | (2561) | 492 | (2325) | 349 | (724) | 20.19 | (91.28) | 79 | (87) |
One or more (435) | 4343 | (7561) | 919 | (2243) | 3425 | (6650) | 41.93 | (65.54) | 126 | (98) |
At least one somatic and one psychiatric condition or substance abuse (226) | 5297 | (8651) | 1268 | (2996) | 4029 | (7494) | 43.13 | (62.08) | 139 | (100) |