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Table 6, below, summarizes estimates of Gost reductions in service <br />utilization, based on prelpost placement comparisons, and as adjusted <br />by case-control regression analyses. Results indicate that placement in <br />supportive housing is associated with a $12,145 net reduction in health, <br />corrections, and shelter service use annually per person, over each of <br />the first two years of the intervention. About 95 percent of the cost <br />reductions are associated with reductions in health and shelter services. <br />Criminal justice system casts account for the remaining 4.5 percent of <br />the total cost reductions associated with a supportive housing <br />placement. <br /> <br /> <br />Service Provider <br />Days Saved <br />2 Years Cost <br />Reduction <br />95% <br />Per Diem <br />$ Cost <br />Reduction <br />2 Years Annual ' <br />Cost <br />reduction <br />Dept of Homeless Services 82.9 77 4-88 5 $68 $5,637 $2,819 <br />Office of Mental Health 28.2 20 8-35 6 $437 $12,323 $6,162 <br />Health and Hosp Corp 3.5 2-5 $755 $2,643 $1,321 <br />Medicaid-Inpatient 8 6 4 2-13 $657 $5,650 $2,825 <br />Medicaid-Outpatient (visits) -072 -29.8 $84 -$3,965 -$1,982 <br />Veterans Administration t 9 0 7-3 $467 $887 $444 <br />Dept of Corrections (State) 7 9 4 8-11 $79 $624 $312 <br />Dept. of Gorrections (City) 3 8 1.8-5 8 $129 $490 $245 <br />Total $24,290 $12,145 <br />Source: "The Impact of Supportive Housing for Homeless People v6th Severe Mental Illness on the <br />Utilization of fhe Public Health, Corrections, and Emergency Shelter Systems: The New York-New <br />York Initiative", Dennis P Culhane, Stephen McUaux, and Trevor Hadley, Center for Mental Health <br />Policy and Services Research, University of Pennsylvania, May 2001 <br />Table 6: Cost Reductions Associated with Reductions in Service Use <br />Attributed to Supportive Housing <br />23 <br />