Table 3.

Deterministic costs and quality-adjusted life-years after 3 months and after a lifetime horizon under 12 minutes time gain.

Cohort of 1000 patients	3 months		Lifetime horizon
	Total costs ($)	Outcome (QALYa)	Total costs ($)	Outcome (QALY)
Standard care	21,530,867	537.6	92,068,697	3649.8
In-ambulance telemedicine	21,706,449	538.4	92,064,657	3654.8
Difference	175,582	0.9	–4040	4.9
ICERb, $/QALY	201,557		–817

^aQALY: quality-adjusted life-year.

^bICER: incremental cost-effectiveness ratio.