Table 3.
Median time and cost spent with patients assessed and indicated for vaccination, by vaccination status and provider type from the vaccination time-motion study.
Unvaccinated Patients |
Vaccinated Patients |
Time/Vaccine Administered (including time of all patients) | Cost Per Vaccine Administered/ Patient (including time of all patients) | ||||||
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Practice Type | N | Median Time per Patient (Minutes:seconds) | Median Cost per vaccine | N | Median Time per Vaccine (Minutes:seconds) | Median Cost per patient | % of Patients who Declined Vaccinations | Median Time per vaccine (minutes:seconds) | Median Cost per vaccine |
FM | 41 | 3:20 (0:22–10:33) | $4.29 ($0.28–$9.92) | 89 | 4:51 (1:03–12:13) | $4.39 ($0.86–$10.26) | 32% | 5:01 (3:13–17:45) | $4.54 ($2.53–$14.55) |
IM | 36 | 0:19 (0:14–0:23) | $0.19 ($0.03–$0.30) | 38 | 2:48 (1:36–4:44) | $2.33 ($1.29–$4.15) | 49% | 4:55 (2:35–5:32) | $4.06 ($2.30–$4.31) |
OBGYN | 171 | 8:35 (3:14–10:33) | $8.28 ($2.62–$11.82) | 76 | 10:34 (8:42–20:50) | $12.06 ($7.87–$19.73) | 69% | 28:43 (20:17–57:30) | $25.89 ($17.40–$199.01) |
Source Notes: Minimum and maximum values are noted in parentheses. For these italicized columns, the costs associated with counseling a patient who does not go on to receive a vaccine are added to the costs associated with patients who received vaccines; this total cost is divided by the original number of vaccines given. Therefore, additional time and costs are spread over the same number of vaccines, so the time and costs in these columns are greater than the values in the columns associated vaccinated patients only. Minimum and maximum values are noted in parentheses.