Table 6.
Base case and sensitivity analyses: institutional perspective costs.*
| Institutional cost per in‐clinic visit | MU‐adjusted institutional cost per televisit | Annual institutional cost (4 in‐clinic visits) | Annual MU‐adjusted institutional cost (4 televisits) | Annual MU‐adjusted institutional cost (2 in‐clinic/2 televisits) | Annual MU‐adjusted institutional cost (3 in‐clinic/2 televisits) | Annual cost saving (‐) or burden (+) of all televisits vs. all in‐clinic | Annual cost saving (‐) or burden (+) of 2 clinic/2 televisits vs. All in‐clinic | Annual cost saving (‐) or burden (+) of 3 clinic/2 televisits vs. All in‐clinic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base‐case | $799 | $472 | $3,196 | $1,886 | $2,541 | $3,340 | ‐41% | ‐20% | 5% |
| No multidisciplinary costs and no visit preference | $219 | $191 | $876 | $763 | $820 | $1,039 | ‐13% | ‐6% | 19% |
| 150% Multidisciplinary costs | $1,089 | $580 | $4,356 | $2,321 | $3,339 | $4,428 | ‐47% | ‐23% | 2% |
| 150% Multidisciplinary costs +500% IT costs | $1,089 | $696 | $4,356 | $2,782 | $3,569 | $4,658 | ‐36% | ‐18% | 7% |
| No visit preference | $799 | $308 | $3,676 | $1,230 | $2,453 | $3,372 | ‐67% | ‐33% | ‐8% |
| 5x in‐clinic preference | $799 | $884 | $3,196 | $3,537 | $3,367 | $4,166 | 11% | 5% | 30% |
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Cells with light shading show base‐case scenario costs. Cells with dark shading indicate scenarios under which televisits are NOT cost‐savings relative to in‐clinic visits.