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Table 5 Cost per agitation state and containment measure applied until the agitation event has been effectively solved (Euros 2013)

From: In-patient costs of agitation and containment in a mental health catchment area

 

Costs

States of agitation

Total

Anxiety and irritability

Sub-agitation and agitation without aggressiveness

Agitation with aggression against objects

Agitation with aggression against persons

AAI

MA

AAO

AAP

Line of intervention

L1: VC + S

14,583.68 €

7266.82 €

12,210.95 €

2088.60 €

36,150.05 €

L2: VC + SC + S

20.504.36 €

12,821.29 €

77,701.56 €

9808.76 €

120,835.96 €

L3: VC + SC + R + S

- €

- €

91,183.34 €

32,364.86 €

121,881.05 €

Total

35,088.03 €

20,088.12 €

181,095.85 €

44,263.22 €

280,535.00 €

  1. VC Verbal containment, S Surveillance, SC seclusion, R restraint