Clinical Study

Hospitalisation Utilisation and Costs in Schizophrenia Patients in Finland before and after Initiation of Risperidone Long-Acting Injection

Table 6

Results of the subgroup analysis for the endpoints: inpatient bed-days per patient and year, and number of hospitalisations per patient and year. Results are presented for subgroups of patients who are in- or outpatients at the time of initiating RLAI.

EndpointsBefore initiationAfter initiationDifference
Mean (SE)95% CIMean (SE)95% CIMean (SE)95% CI

Inpatient bed-days per patient-year
 Inpatient ( )60.88 (4.03)(52.97; 68.79)39.07 (6.13)(27.06; 51.09)−21.81 (7.21)(−35.94; −7.68)
 Outpatient ( )68.13 (10.76)(47.05; 89.22)35.2 (9.82)(15.96; 54.44)−32.93 (10.23)(−52.98; −12.98)
No. hospitalizations per patient-year
 Inpatient ( )0.99 (0.06)(0.87; 1.11)0.76 (0.11)(0.54; 0.97)−0.24 (0.11)(−0.45; −0.02)
 Outpatient ( )0.77 (0.09)(0.59; 0.95)0.71 (0.14)(0.43; 0.98)−0.06 (0.14)(−0.34; 0.21)