Moreover, rehospitalization affects national
health care costs. With increased rates of hospitalization
comes increased cost. Kongsakon and
Kanchanatawan (2007) compared inpatient versus
outpatient unit costs of treatment in calendar year
2007. In the general hospitals of Thailand, the
outpatient unit cost of schizophrenia was US
$20.42 per visit (US$1 = 35 baht), whereas the
inpatient unit cost of schizophrenia was US
$891.65 per admission