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Table 3 Results of the GLM for the general analysis

From: Cost structure in specialist mental healthcare: what are the main drivers of the most expensive episodes?

All episodes (n = 180 220)

Total cost per episode

Average cost per day

Cost change (USD)

p-value

95% CI

Cost change (USD)

p-value

95% CI

Gender [Female]*

        

 Male

9

0.04

0

17

3

0.04

0

6

Age [20–29]*

        

 0–9

153

0.00

133

174

53

0.00

46

60

 10–19

48

0.00

35

60

16

0.00

12

20

 30–39

− 37

0.00

− 51

− 23

− 14

0.00

− 19

− 9

 40–49

− 11

0.16

− 26

4

− 4

0.11

− 10

1

 50–59

− 59

0.00

− 76

− 42

− 22

0.00

− 28

− 16

 60–69

− 226

0.00

− 250

− 203

− 83

0.00

− 90

− 75

 70 + 

− 298

0.00

− 330

− 267

− 107

0.00

− 117

− 96

Length of stay (LOS) [Care within 1 day]*

        

 1–7 days

2415

0.00

2091

2740

628

0.00

524

732

 8–30 days

11,234

0.00

9866

12,602

441

0.00

353

529

 31–90 days

30,940

0.00

27,023

34,856

375

0.00

288

461

 91–365 days

65,088

0.00

54,629

75,546

193

0.00

107

279

Number of planned consultations

− 0.5

0.00

− 0.6

− 0.4

− 0.2

0.00

− 0.2

− 0.1

First hospital visit [Not a first visit]*

217

0.00

187

247

80

0.00

69

91

Interval since last hospital episode [7–30 days]*

        

 Very short re-visit (-3 days)

166

0.00

149

182

61

0.00

55

67

 3–7 days

19

0.00

8

29

7

0.00

3

11

 30–90 days

13

0.03

1

25

5

0.04

0

9

 90 days -

113

0.00

91

135

41

0.00

33

49

 No previous history or anonymous

− 6

0.53

− 26

13

− 2

0.53

− 9

5

Admission type, N (%) [Planned]*

        

 Acute

− 151

0.00

− 194

− 108

− 25

0.00

− 41

− 10

Care type, N (%) [Outpatient consultation]*

        

 Ambulatory outpatient consultation

284

0.00

260

309

157

0.00

147

167

 Ambulatory other services

374

0.00

345

403

206

0.00

195

216

 Inpatient

812

0.00

683

942

303

0.00

234

372

 Ambulatory inpatient

1175

0.00

838

1512

359

0.00

220

498

 Surgical intervention

1160

0.00

890

1429

450

0.00

323

576

Diagnose, N (%) [Depressive disorder]*

 Emotional

65

0.00

49

82

26

0.00

19

32

 Trauma

23

0.01

6

41

9

0.01

2

16

 Anxiety

13

0.17

− 6

32

6

0.14

− 2

13

 Schizophrenia

517

0.00

474

560

199

0.00

183

215

 Other psychoses

201

0.00

160

243

75

0.00

59

91

 Bipolar

76

0.00

49

103

28

0.00

18

39

 ADHD

− 45

0.00

− 70

− 19

− 17

0.00

− 27

− 7

 Geriatric

295

0.00

246

343

118

0.00

99

136

 Eating disorder

− 54

0.00

− 83

− 25

− 21

0.00

− 33

− 10

 Personality disorder

70

0.00

32

108

27

0.00

12

41

 OCD

276

0.00

221

332

109

0.00

88

130

 Substance abuse

2

0.88

− 23

27

1

0.82

− 9

11

 Development disorder

30

0.39

− 38

99

12

0.37

− 15

39

 Stress

71

0.13

− 21

162

95

0.00

53

136

 Organic disorder

675

0.05

5

1346

268

0.05

6

530

 Neuropsychiatric

450

0.26

− 339

1239

56

0.65

− 183

295

 Not specified

− 39

0.00

− 53

− 24

− 15

0.00

− 20

− 9

 Anonymous

182

0.00

158

207

73

0.00

63

82

  1. * Reference categories in brackets