Table 3.
Changes in healthcare cost: major components and estimates
| Intervention | Time horizon in months Median (IQI) |
# Studies with any healthcare cost | # Studies modeling long-term healthcare costs | Percent of studies reporting healthcare cost for all causes | Major components and percent of studies reporting each component | Change in healthcare cost per patient per year Median (IQI) (in 2015$) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outpatient | Medication | Inpatient | ER | Labs | ||||||
| Team-based care | 12 (6, 24) | 21 | 2 | 29 | 76 | 86 | 52 | 29 | 0 | $71 (−$255, $346) |
| Reduced out of pocket cost | 24 (12, 24) | 7 | 0 | 38 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 71 | 0 | −$127 (−$633, −$18) |
| Clinical decision support systems | 12 (12, 120) | 15 | 4 | 40 | 67 | 53 | 60 | 27 | 27 | −$70 (−$463, $5) |
| SMBP Monitoring SMBP alone SMBP with support SMBP within team-based care |
12 (12, 60) 9 (6, 39) 18 (15, 42) |
8 6 5 |
2 2 0 |
13 0 60 |
100 100 100 |
71 83 40 |
43 67 100 |
0 33 60 |
29 17 40 |
−$148 (−$316, −$89) −$3 (−$58, $62) $369 ($57, $549) |
| Community health workers | 12 (12-24) | 4 | 0 | 75 | 50 | 75 | 75 | 50 | 25 | −$262 (−$2,886, $562) |
IQI, interquartile interval; SMBP, self-measured blood pressure; ER, emergency room visit