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. 2017 Nov 24;5(11):e175. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.8288

Table 2.

Adapted parameters for in-ambulance telemedicine under 12 minutes time gain on average per patient and additional costs.

Parameter
Base-case value Source/assumption
Probabilities


After suspected stroke



Standard care 0.61 Multimedia Appendix 4


In-ambulance telemedicine 0.39 Multimedia Appendix 4

After ischemic stroke



IVTa 0.19 Multimedia Appendix 4


EVTb 0.07 Multimedia Appendix 4


Conservative treatment 0.73 Multimedia Appendix 4

After ischemic stroke and IVT



0-90 min 0.15 Multimedia Appendix 4


91-180 min 0.29 Multimedia Appendix 4


181-270 min 0.56 Multimedia Appendix 4

After ischemic stroke and EVT



0-180 min 0.19 Multimedia Appendix 4


181-270 min 0.23 Multimedia Appendix 4


271-360 min 0.38 Multimedia Appendix 4


361-480 min 0.19 Multimedia Appendix 4
Costs, US $ (€)


Cost per teleconsultation 142.89 (107.52) Multimedia Appendix 5

Cost of installation of 1 telemedicine device 29,011 (26,000) Offer from Zebra Academy

Estimated total cost for in-ambulance telemedicine for 390 treated patients in 1 year 159,425 (119,959) Multimedia Appendix 5
Number of patients that can be treated with 1 device in 1 year 150 Activation rates of the PreSSUB-Ic trial [4]

aIVT: intravenous administration of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator.

bEVT: endovascular treatment.

cPreSSUB-I: Prehospital Study at the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel I.