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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2017 Dec;53(6 Suppl 2):S155–S163. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.06.012

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$)
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