Table 1.

Cost savings from preventing unnecessary emergency department visits.

	Annual expenses ($)
Annual cost of mobile health clinic	565,700
Total annual visits	4,848
Total visits discounted by 20%	3,878
Cost per visit	117
Cost of preventable emergency department visit [9]	923
Cost avoided per mobile clinic visit	806
Annual projected costs avoided	3,125,668

The Family Van expenses versus costs for non-emergent and emergent but primary care treatable emergency department visits.