Table 4.
Assumed costs of home visits (n = 95)
| Total Costs |
A |
B |
C |
D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Clinician consultation time |
Clinician travel time |
Clinician Travel costs |
Total cost (A + B + C) |
|
| $ | $ | $ | $ | |
| Brisbane |
$2952 |
$3648 |
$72 |
$6672 |
| Ipswich |
$615 |
$1645 |
$120 |
$2380 |
| Redcliffe |
$1353 |
$2783 |
$110 |
$4246 |
| Moggill |
$369 |
$759 |
$21 |
$1149 |
| Sunshine Coast |
$1353 |
$6123 |
$319 |
$7795 |
| Gold Coast |
$1476 |
$7284 |
$408 |
$9166 |
| Lismore |
$369 |
$2429 |
$141 |
$2939 |
| Kingaroy |
$246 |
$1265 |
$140 |
$1651 |
|
Subtotal road travel |
$8733 |
$25,936 |
$1403 |
$35,998 |
|
Travel by air n = 24 |
|
|
|
|
| Bundaberg |
$246 |
$2530 |
$4182 |
$6958 |
| Emerald |
$123 |
$1695 |
$1808 |
$3626 |
| Cairns |
$984 |
$11,132 |
$14,736 |
$26,852 |
| Mt Isa |
$1599 |
$15,787 |
$24,466 |
$41,852 |
|
Subtotal air |
$2952 |
$31,144 |
$45,192 |
$79,288 |
|
Total
|
$11,685 |
$
57,080
|
$
46,595
|
$
115,286
|
| Mean $ road travel |
$123 |
$365 |
$20 |
$507 |
| Mean $ air travel |
$123 |
$1298 |
$1883 |
$3,303 |
| Mean $ all travel | $123 | $601 | $490 | $1214 |