Characterizing the Use of Telepsychiatry for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder and Cooccurring Mental Health Disorders in Ontario, Canada

Table 2

Utilization of telemedicine for psychiatry and mean cost to the health care system.

Year	Total number of patient visits	Number of unique patients	Mean (± SD) cost to the system per patient
2008	1,588	347	6,455.64 ± 11,268.20
2009	4,768	943	7,255.15 ± 12,189.21
2010	11,507	1,748	7,852.72 ± 12,868.25
2011	22,998	3,175	8,417.49 ± 13,189.38
2012	46,150	4,300	9,003.45 ± 15,719.65
2013	56,261	5,254	9,605.53 ± 17,107.52
2014	58,863	5,879	-