Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients at enrollment
From: Costs of treating patients with schizophrenia who have illness-related crisis events
Characteristic | N = 1557 | |
|---|---|---|
N | % | |
Male | 948 | 60.9 |
Single, never married | 938 | 60.5 |
Ethnicity | ||
White | 762 | 48.9 |
Black | 589 | 37.8 |
Other | 206 | 13.2 |
Health insurance | ||
Medicaid/Medicare | 1243 | 81.2 |
Department of Veteran Affairs | 97 | 6.3 |
Private insurance | 70 | 4.6 |
Other coverage | 16 | 1.1 |
No health insurance | 104 | 6.8 |
Educational attainment, high school or less | 1047 | 67.9 |
Mean | SD | |
Age, years | 42.4 | 11.1 |
Age at illness onset, years | 20.7 | 8.9 |
MADRS total score | 13.6 | 10.2 |
PANSS total score | 69.1 | 18.4 |
Medication days in the 6 months prior to enrollment | ||
Atypical antipsychotic | 96.5 | 87 |
Typical antipsychotic | 90.1 | 87 |
Antidepressant | 59.1 | 81.8 |
Mood stabilizer | 46.7 | 77.3 |
Other psychotropic | 75.5 | 84.9 |