Table 1.
Estimated Values and Sources for Key Variables
| Variable | Annual value | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| RN care manager cost (1 FTE) | $95,613.44 | Inclusive of + 30% for benefits | Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017 |
| Psychiatric consultant cost (0.1 FTE) | $21,609.12 | No benefits | Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017 |
| Patient panel size per 1 FTE care manager and 0.1 FTE psychiatric consultant | 85–120 patients | AIMS Center website: https://aims.uw.edu/resource-library/guidelines-care-manager-caseload-size | |
| Registry cost | $800.00 | Interview with Jürgen Unützer | |
| Buprenorphine prescription cost | $1164.67 | Average dose of 8 mg twice daily | GoodRx website: https://www.goodrx.com/buprenorphine?drug-name=buprenorphine, accessed June 13, 2018 |
| Average total system health care savings among OUD patients treated with MAT | $2540.38 | The difference in annual expenditures of the MAT group relative to the non-MAT group in Mohlman,5 adjusted to 2017 dollars | |
| Prevalence of OUD among Medicaid patients | 0.89% | Milliman website: http://www.milliman.com/insight/2018/Opioid-use-disorder-in-the-United-States-Diagnosed-prevalence-by-payer--age--sex--and-state | |
| Percentage of CoCM uptake | 25% | Assumption |
The Monte Carlo simulation builds variability around these estimates. As a result, some of the mean values in the simulation can differ very slightly (less than 1%) from the values reported in this table