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Published in final edited form as: Med Decis Making. 2015 May 7;35(6):773–783. doi: 10.1177/0272989X15584916

Table 4.

Return on Investment (ROI) of Telemedicine Consultations for Children Presenting to Rural Emergency Departments (EDs)

	Base-Case Analysis	Probabilistic Analysis Mean (95% Confidence Interval)
Amount saved from telemedicine consultations ($ per child/ED/year)^a	$4662	$6614 ($618, $20,206)
Cost of telemedicine consultations ($ per child/ED/year)^b	$3641	$4023 ($1960, $8455)
ROI	1.28	1.96 (0.17, 6.24)

^a.

The amount saved from telemedicine consultations was the expected reduction in medical expenditure. Specifically, it was calculated as medical expenditure following a telephone consultation – medical expenditure following a telemedicine consultation.

^b.

Telemedicine operational cost = $3641 per child/ED/year (2013 US dollar value).