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The Cost of Schizophrenia Treatment in Taiwan

The costs associated with mental illness in Taiwan have been the subject of discussion and concern in Taiwan's Bureau of National Health Insurance. The authors report the first estimates of these costs on the basis of national data for 52,432 patients treated in 1999. Total schizophrenia-related health care expenditure was estimated at $112.4 million, which constituted 1.2 percent of national health care expenditures that year. The cost per outpatient visit was $57, the cost per admission was $1,123, and the annual average direct cost of treating a person with schizophrenia was $2,144.

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