Table 2
Estimated Unit Costs of Mental Health System Elements
Unit cost
1. General Acute Care $200/bea day
2. Continuing Psychiatric Care $170/bed day
3. Community Residential .
- Special Care (°IC4") $110/bed day
- General Care (IC3) _ $ 50/bed day
4. Professional Outpatient Staff $ 10/patient cay
5. Coamunity Support/
Rehabilitation Programs $ 10/program
; Space .
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1. General acute care cost based on current total. costs at
Riverview ana Burnaby acute care units.
2. Continuing care cost based en revised planing group estimates.
3. Community residential costs based on revised planning group
estimates for Special Care, and on current total cost for
General Care at the IC3 level.
4. Professional outpatient staff cost based on an average of the
relevant professional groups, assuming intensive outpatient
‘' staffing ratios.
5. Community support/rehabilitation program cost based on average
current total costs for a range of such programs.
6. All costs rounced to nearest $10.

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