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. 2014 May 7;10(1):23. doi: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-23

Table 1.

Annual net economic benefit in Canada: Nurse time and compensation per patient switched from hospital-based IVIg to home-based SCIg

  Year 1 Subsequent years
Home-based SCIg Therapy
 
 
  Nurse hours: training
6
0
  Nurse hours: monitoring
6
6
  Nurse compensation, C$
691
345
Hospital-based IVIg therapy
 
 
  Nurse Hours: IV administration and monitoring
57.2
57.2
  Nurse Compensation, C$
3,294
3,294
Net economic benefit (IVIg – SCIg)
 
 
  Savings: nurse hours
45.2
51.2
  Savings: nurse compensation, C$ 2,603 2,948