Table 2.

Cost Savings for Patients in the Telemedicine Pilot Study.

Cost‐saving variables Mean (SD)	Value per patient
Round‐trip distance from OSUWMC in miles	96.7 (19.5)
Round‐trip distance from FCMH in miles	17.7 (16.1)
Saved distance per encounter	79.1 (14.4)*
Cost of fuel, insurance, and maintenance	$0.60/mile
Cost of work time lost	$16.83/hour
Total travel savings per patient per encounter	$182.09

FCMH = Fayette County Memorial Hospital; OSUWMC = Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center; SD = standard deviation.

^* Round‐trip distance from OSUWMC to patient zip codes in miles – round‐trip distance from FCMH to patient zip codes in miles = saved distance per encounter. Travel cost was calculated as distance traveled per encounter (round‐trip distance saved) × cost of fuel, insurance, and maintenance + cost of work time lost per hour while traveling × 8 hours.