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. 2017 Nov 1;17(16):1–86.

Table 12:

Total Costs and Net Budget Impact for an Increasing Uptake Rate for SCIG Versus Continued Current Uptake Rate in Ontario, Base Case

  Results ($)
  Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
Total cost of reference scenario: current uptake rate of SCIG (22%) 21,315,682 22,935,829 24,776,046 26,771,329 28,907,221
    SCIG (adults and children)          
        Adult patients 3,950,085 4,209,543 4,530,610 4,905,188 5,297,603
        Pediatric patients 326,764 339,504 371,333 392,552 424,380
    IVIG (adults and children)          
        Adult patients 15,689,462 16,923,912 18,297,735 19,771,111 21,344,039
        Pediatric patients 1,349,371 1,462,870 1,576,368 1,702,478 1,841,198
Total cost of new scenario: increased uptake rate of SCIG 20,882,598 22,215,224 23,803,490 25,504,561 27,347,249
    SCIG (adults and children)          
        Adult patients 7,827,691 9,685,517 11,932,985 14,465,846 17,087,892
        Pediatric patients 642,635 785,104 965,465 1,177,655 1,389,846
    IVIG (adults and children)          
        Adult patients 11,428,618 10,811,393 10,034,884 9,079,181 8,163,299
        Pediatric patients 983,654 933,210 870,155 781,879 706,213
Net budget impact –433,083 –720,606 –972,557 –1,266,768 –1,559,972

Abbreviations: IVIG, hospital-based intravenous immunoglobulin; SCIG, home-based subcutaneous immunoglobulin.

Note: Numbers may be inexact due to rounding.