1.
For each and every admission to a state operated inpatient psychiatric
facility the cost of processing the evaluations and medical test for a newly
admitted patient is $8,000.00.
2.
A day of care in a state operated inpatient psychiatric facility costs
over $500.00 per patient. This is
$15,000.00 per month.
3.
The budget for the Office of Mental Health (OMH) is $2.9 billion per
year.
4.
The (OMH) budget for medications is $7.6 million per year.
5.
The daily expenditure by OMH for medications is now $31,000.00 per day,
or $11,315,000 for a year.
6.
The OMH currently has 1,700 inpatients on a daily basis and the daily
cost of medications for these persons (including medical and psychiatric
medications) is $18.24 per day per patient, or $547.20 per month per patient.
7.
A decanoate (long acting formulation) of antipsychotic medication which
lasts for a month costs $20.00.
8.
The overall recidivism rate for OMH is 14.9%. For patients on Clozapine, the rate of
recidivism is 9%.
9.
The daily cost to OMH of providing Clozapine (including medication and
lab tests) is $4.25 per patient or $127.50 per month.
10.
OMH Pharmacy is currently
able to provide medications to all outpatient clinics that receive OMH funding
for services.