Table 3.
Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Average | Change | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Annual per-patient costs | |||||||
Strategy 1: standard-of-care imaging | |||||||
CTA | $439.11 | $439.11 | $439.11 | $439.11 | $439.11 | $439.11 | |
CTA+CTP | $138.61 | $138.61 | $138.61 | $138.61 | $138.61 | $138.61 | |
NCCT | $202.00 | $202.00 | $202.00 | $202.00 | $202.00 | $202.00 | |
IV-tPA | $906.69 | $906.69 | $906.69 | $906.69 | $906.69 | $906.69 | |
EVT | $1,288.55 | $1,288.55 | $1,288.55 | $1,288.55 | $1,288.55 | $1,288.55 | |
Imaging costs | $779.72 | $779.72 | $779.72 | $779.72 | $779.72 | $779.72 | |
Treatment costs | $2,195.24 | $2,195.24 | $2,195.24 | $2,195.24 | $2,195.24 | $2,195.24 | |
Other acute care costs within first 90 days after stroke (excluding imaging, IVT and EVT) | $16,285.85 | $16,285.85 | $16,285.85 | $16,285.85 | $16,285.85 | $16,285.85 | |
Total costs | $19,260.82 | $19,260.82 | $19,260.82 | $19,260.82 | $19,260.82 | $19,260.82 | |
Strategy 2: advanced imaging | |||||||
CTA | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
NCCT+CTA+CTP | $789.00 | $789.00 | $789.00 | $789.00 | $789.00 | $789.00 | |
NCCT | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
IV-tPA | $992.38 | $992.38 | $992.38 | $992.38 | $992.38 | $992.38 | |
EVT | $1,932.82 | $1,932.82 | $1,932.82 | $1,932.82 | $1,932.82 | $1,932.82 | |
Imaging costs | $789.00 | $789.00 | $789.00 | $789.00 | $789.00 | $789.00 | |
Treatment costs | $2,925.20 | $2,925.20 | $2,925.20 | $2,925.20 | $2,925.20 | $2,925.20 | |
Other acute care costs within first 90 days after stroke (excluding imaging, IVT and EVT) | $16,171.73 | $16,171.73 | $16,171.73 | $16,171.73 | $16,171.73 | $16,171.73 | |
Total costs | $19,885.93 | $19,885.93 | $19,885.93 | $19,885.93 | $19,885.93 | $19,885.93 | |
Incremental costs | |||||||
Imaging incremental costs | $9.28 | $9.28 | $9.28 | $9.28 | $9.28 | $9.28 | 1.19% |
Treatment incremental costs | $729.96 | $729.96 | $729.96 | $729.96 | $729.96 | $729.96 | 33.25% |
Other acute care 90-days incremental costs | -$114.12 | -$114.12 | -$114.12 | -$114.12 | -$114.12 | -$114.12 | −0.70% |
Total incremental costs | $625.11 | $625.11 | $625.11 | $625.11 | $625.11 | $625.11 | 3.25% |
Incremental costs section shows the per-patient difference between both strategies, where the corresponding value from the standard-of-care strategy is subtracted from the advanced CTAP imaging strategy.