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Table 2 Treatment resource costs and shares of out-of-pocket (OOP) private expenditure

From: An extended cost-effectiveness analysis of schizophrenia treatment in India under universal public finance

Treatment resource costs

% of cases needing

Quantity per service user (per year)

Unit cost (price) ($)

Cost per case ($)

I. Primary health center

Anti-psychotic medication primary care visits

100

4

1.78

7.12

Basic psychosocial treatment

100

6

1.78

10.68

Intensive psychosocial treatment

10

18

5.56

10.01

II. Hospital

Outpatient visits for short term inpatients

50

12

2.51

15.06

Inpatient treatment- psychiatric unit-short term

15

28

8.83

37.09

Inpatient treatment- residential unit-long term

2

180

8.47

30.49

III. Drug

Chlorpromazine

25

1095

0.01

3.67

Haloperidol

50

584

0.00

1.17

Risperidone

10

913

0.07

7.95

Fluphenazine

10

12

0.60

0.96

Biperiden

10

70

0.10

0.94

IV. Other

Lab tests

50

1

5.00

2.50

Total cost per case (2012 USD/year)

   

177.42