Estimated economic benefits from low-frequency administration of atypical antipsychotics in treatment of schizophrenia: a decision model

Table 2 Resource units and costs

Resource Use Input Table [19]
Resource	Cost	Units per Outpatient Relapse	Units per Inpatient Relapse	Routine Care - Annually
Room and Board	$751 [25]	0.0	10.8 [25]	0.0
Medications	$257	0.0	1.0	0.0
Step down care	$40 [26]	0.0	30.0*	0.0
Lab Tests	$26	1.0	8.0	13.0
ER	$425	1.0	1.0	0.0
Intensive Care	$194	0.0	1.0	0.0
Devices	$71	0.0	1.0	0.5
Psychotherapy	$110	0.0	2.0	13.5
Physician Visits	$70	0.0	0.0	5.0
Other While Stable	$1,701	0.0	0.0	1.0
Other While Inpatient Relapse	$2,379	0.0	1.0	0.0

All values from Nicholl et al. [19] except where noted; *= assumption. All costs updated to 2011 costs using Bureau of Labor and Statistics Medical component of the CPI [27].

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