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Table 9 Average treatment cost per DRG for inpatient, outpatients, and total patients

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

DRG category

Average price per episode

  

(USD)

Outpatient

Inpatient

 

Mean LOS

Emotional

369

369

Depressive disorder

326

326

Trauma

336

336

Anxiety

558

339

25,114

16

Schizophrenia

3087

571

47,219

38

Other psychoses

8872

433

32,672

25

Bipolar

1800

350

32,481

25

ADHD

331

331

Geriatric

360

360

Eating disorder

858

312

56,575

27

Personality disorder

811

346

12,121

10

OCD

450

450

Substance abuse

4861

343

39,663

31

Development disorder

362

362

Stress

19,619

19,619

13

Organic disorder

16,238

16,238

9

Neuropsychiatric

93,811

93,811

62

Average

9003

363

32,304

  1. * Total cost/number of episodes