Table 4.

Model outputs for 100 patients in 6 months

Model	Cost ($)	Admissions (#)	Outpatient visits (#)	Outpatient paracenteses (#)
Standard of care	1,221,500	37	112	105
Telemonitoring interventiona	1,054,000	28	121	133
Incremental change	− 167,500	− 9	+ 9	+ 28
Sensitivity analyses
Low probability, low cost
Standard of care	225,900	7	86	33
Telemonitoring interventiona	216,500	3	95	50
Incremental change	− 9400	− 4	+ 9	+ 17
Low probability, high cost
Standard of care	303,800	7	86	33
Telemonitoring interventiona	250,500	3	95	50
Incremental change	− 53,300	− 4	+ 9	+ 17
High probability, low cost
Standard of care	2,088,000	77	140	201
Telemonitoring interventiona	1,891,100	65	146	225
Incremental change	− 196,900	− 12	+ 6	+ 24
High probability, high cost
Standard of care	2,954,800	77	140	201
Telemonitoring interventiona	2,614,600	65	146	225
Incremental change	− 340,200	− 12	+ 6	+ 24

^aSalary for a full time a junior administrative staff member to staff the telemonitoring program ($50,000) was added to the cost of the telemonitoring intervention in every analysis