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

Table 7 Comparison with Norwegian national data (SAMDATA, 2021)

(USD)
Group categories		SAMDATA (Norway average)				Current data
Group categories		2018	2019	2020	2021	2018–2021
Cost per outpatient consultation	All	345	330	355	350	363
Cost per bed-day	Adult	1384	1396	1482	1462	1259
	TBS	888	926	995	996	1259
	Children and adolescent	2070	2553	2439	2374	2261
Cost per patient	Adult	11,782	11,593	11,770	11,525	18,152**
	TBS	11,737	11,063	11,252	11,677
	Children and adolescent	7902	8021	8045	7621

* Differences in criteria for the children and adolescent groups: SAMDATA (age 0–18), current KPP data (age 0–19)
** In the four-year base calculations, the number of overlapping patients per year was consolidated, resulting in a reduction of the denominator. The annual 'cost per patient' of current data is: USD 9205 (2018), USD 10,051 (2019) USD 10,332 (2020), USD 8719 (2021)

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