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Government costs of participation were then estimated for each of the groups reported in Table 11 based on the characteristics of participation for each group. For example, active claimants taking SD as their main PBPM took on average 1.17 SD interventions, 1.97 EAS interventions and a small amount of other PBPMs. Former claimants taking SD as their main PBPM took 1.16 SD interventions on average, 1.68 EAS interventions and a small amount of other PBPMs on average. Participation costs incurred by government covered all PBPMs taken. The calculation was based on the average number of PBPMs and average total government costs per PBPM of each type. Based on this approach, the average government cost for an active claimant taking SD as their main PBPM was $10,222, while the average government cost for a former claimant taking SD as their main PBPM was $9,984.
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