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Table 3 Eating disorder treatment cost categories and differences in costs between CBT-E cohort and TAU cohort

From: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy-enhanced compared with treatment-as-usual for anorexia nervosa in an inpatient and outpatient routine setting: a consecutive cohort study

Costs (in euros)

TAU cohort

N = 75

CBT-E cohort

N = 88

CBT-E versus TAU

M (SD)

M (SD)

Bootstrapped mean difference [95% CI]

Costs outpatient treatment

2377 (2047)

3634 (1998)

− 1258 [− 1856 to − 615]

Number of outpatient sessions

14.5 (12.1)

31.4 (15.6)

 

Costs day-care treatment

1137 (2657)

348 (948)

775 [199 to 1437]

n (%) receiving day-care

18 (24.0%)

26 (29.5%)

 

Number of days

28 (21)

7 (8.6)

 

Costs inpatient treatment

6483 (10,410)

8827 (8676)

 

n (%) receiving inpatient care

25 (33.3%)

58 (65.9%)

 

Number of overnight stays

64.4 (5.6)

44.3 (24.0)

− 2366 [− 5224 to 733]

Total costs

9997 (10,467)

12,809 (8649)

− 2826 [− 5672 to 178]

  1. Presented costs are the costs accrued during treatment episode. 95% CI is the 95% confidence interval around the bootstrapped mean difference