TABLE 2.
Projected Number of Violent Events or Violence Consequences Averted and the Associated Costs if an Adolescent Violence Intervention Was Implemented in an Average Volume Level 1 Trauma Center
| Variable | Averted Events, $a | Cost/Event Averted, $b |
|---|---|---|
| Violence consequences averted (baseline riskc: 81%) | 1540 | 46.61 |
| Peer victimization averted (baseline riskc: 45%) | 1053 | 68.20 |
| Severe peer aggression averted (baseline riskc: 79%) | 1615 | 44.44 |
| Total violence averted | 4208 | 17.06 |
a
Averted events = (1 – RR) × (baseline risk of event) × (volume of adolescents). The volume of adolescents used for estimates was 7884 per year.
b
Cost per averted event includes both fixed and variable costs for 1 year. Details of these costs can be found in Table 1.
c
Baseline risk was previously reported as part of the SafERteens trial7 and is the percentage of adolescents reporting an occurrence of the event in the previous 12 months.