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Table 3 Outpatient healthcare costs in the past 3 months

From: Healthcare use and costs among individuals receiving mental health services for depression within primary care in Nepal

 

Individual OOP expenditure

Health system costs

 

All

Mental Health

All

Mental Health

eβ-1

95% CI

eβ-1

95% CI

eβ-1

95% CI

eβ-1

95% CI

Group

 TG

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

 UC

0.04

(−0.43, 0.92)

−0.17

(− 0.38, 0.10)

− 0.54

(−1.32, − 0.24)

−0.78

(−1.84, − 1.15)

 TG + P

0.17

(−0.37, 1.20)

− 0.07

(− 0.31, 0.24)

−0.01

(− 0.57, 0.55)

−0.22

(− 0.61, 0.11)

Timepoint

 Baseline

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

ref.

 

 3 months

0.92

(0.06, 2.46)

0.15

(−0.13, 0.52)

1.36

(0.32, 1.40)

0.95

(0.32, 1.01)

 12 months

0.27

(−0.30, 1.33)

0.14

(−0.14, 0.51)

− 0.38

(−1.02, 0.07)

− 0.56

(− 1.17, − 0.47)

Group by timepoint

 UC at 3 months

− 0.48

(− 0.77, 0.18)

− 0.14

(− 0.41, 0.25)

− 0.23

(− 1.02, 0.50)

− 0.46

(− 1.1, − 0.12)

 UC at 12 months

− 0.31

(− 0.71, 0.63)

− 0.16

(− 0.43, 0.23)

0.50

(− 0.34, 1.16)

1.34

(0.37, 1.33)

 TG + P at 3 months

− 0.60

(− 0.83, − 0.06)

− 0.18

(− 0.45, 0.20)

−0.16

(− 0.95, 0.60)

0.85

(0.12, 1.11)

 TG + P at 12 months

−0.59

(−0.83, − 0.02)

−0.23

(− 0.48, 0.14)

−0.45

(− 1.38, 0.17)

0.09

(− 0.41, 0.59)

  1. CI confidence interval; OOP out-of-pocket; TG Treatment Group; TG + P Treatment Group plus Psychotherapy; UC Usual Care; eβ-1*100 = percent change in cost.