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Table 6 Results from the consensus panel on resource utilization

From: Costs and effects of paliperidone extended release compared with alternative oral antipsychotic agents in patients with schizophrenia in Greece: A cost effectiveness study

Type of mental healthcare

Stable days (per month)

Relapse with hospitalization (per episode)

Relapse without hospitalization (per episode)

Extrapyramidal symptoms (per episode)

Weight increase (per episode)

Days of Hospitalisation

0.00

25.70

0.00

3.70

0.00

Visits to day hospital

4.33

7.89

19.60

1.00

0.00

Visits to Emergency room

0.00

1.00

1.86

1.13

0.00

Physician visits

1.00

5.20

5.40

1.25

1.50

Visits to mental health clinic

1.00

5.00

4.70

1.25

1.00

Hours of home care

0.00

1.11

2.29

0.43

0.00

Visits to social/group therapy

3.20

2.17

4.88

0.00

1.71

Visits to nutritionist

0.75

0.00

0.00

0.00

3.86