title: Hospitalization and total medical costs for privately insured persons with schizophrenia.
abstract: This study used data from the 1991-1993 MarketScan files, a large database of private sector inpatient, outpatient, and prescription drug medical claims, to identify a sample of 665 patients with schizophrenia. Descriptive and multivariate analyses were conducted on the subsamples with hospitalizations (N = 185) and without hospitalizations (N = 480) in the 1-year period following the initial diagnosis for schizophrenia observed in the 1991-1993 time period. After controlling for patient demographic characteristics, medical co-morbidities, and other factors, the cost of hospitalization itself was found to be $15,805.
authors.affiliation: MEDSTAT Group, 125 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge, MA 02140, USA. Bill_Crown@medstat.com
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Crown
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neslusan
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Holzer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ozminkowski
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Croghan
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007358:Insurance, Psychiatric; D008297:Male; D017059:Models, Econometric; D017149:Private Sector; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States