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. 2021 Nov 26;12:774657. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.774657

Table 3.

Per-patient costs projection for the 5-year period for the standard-of-care and advanced CTAP imaging strategies.

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.