Table 6.

Resource Utilization and Costs

	CONTROL GROUP				INTERVENTION GROUP
	NO. OF VISITS	DIRECT COST, $	VISIT RATE (COUNT/GROUP n × MONTHS)	COST RATE (COSTS FOR VISITS × VISIT RATE), $	NO. OF VISITS	DIRECT COST, $	VISIT RATE (COUNT/GROUP n × MONTHS)	COST RATE (COSTS FOR VISITS × VISIT RATE), $
Acute office visit	5	920.00	0.139	127.88	10	1,840.00	0.167	307.28
Premodification month					4
Observation months	5	920.00	0.139	127.88	6	1,104.00	0.100	110.40
Telehealth visit					43	7,912.00	0.717	131.93
Premodification month					15
Observation months					28	5,152.00	0.467	85.93
ED visit	2	3,926.00	0.056	219.86	7	13,741.00	0.117	1,607.70
Premodification month					1
Observation months	2	3,926.00	0.056	219.86	6	11,778.00	0.100	1,177.80
Hospitalization days-floor	24	43,896.00	0.667	29,278.63	19	34,752.00	0.317	11,016.38
Premodification month					1
Observation months	24	43,896.00	0.667	29,278.63	18	32,923.00	0.300	9,876.90
Hospitalization days-ICU	41	101,229.00	1.139	115,299.83	46	113,574.00	0.767	87,111.26
Premodification month					9
Observation months	41	101,229.00	1.139	115,299.83	37	91,353.00	0.617	56,364.80
Total costs without telehealth visits		149,971.00		144,926.20		163,907.00		100,042.62
Total costs with telehealth visits						171,819.00		100,174.55

All costs quoted in US dollars.

ICU, intensive care unit.