Table 1.

Average health costs, hospitalisations and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for higher and lower staff turnover, 2013–2015

	Monthly turnover	Total hospitalisations	Excluding predominantly non-Aboriginal communities	Excluding hospitalisations for renal dialysis	Potentially preventable hospitalisations
n (person-months)	Higher (≥10%)	229 968	193 328	229 968	229 968
	Lower (<10%)	1 036 740	8 78 406	1 036 740	1 036 740
Hospitalisations (per 1000 person-months)	Higher (≥10%)	45.3	51.7	17.8	2.5
	Lower (<10%)	34.6	38.4	16.0	2.4
	P value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.430
Average health cost ($) (per 1000 person-months)	Higher (≥10%)	$491 043	$531 865	$446 344	$289 741
	Lower (<10%)	$472 826	$511 977	$440 355	$300 740
	P value	0.002	0.003	0.271	<0.001
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio		$1708	$1500	$3365	−$107.830