TABLE III -.
Cost of personnel for training
| Professional figure | REMS Mean (SD) | DXA Mean (SD) | REMS − DXA Mean (p-value) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most conservative scenario (L) | Base-case scenario (M) | Least conservative scenario (H) | Most conservative scenario (L) | Base-case scenario (M) | Least conservative scenario (H) | Most conservative scenario (L) | Base-case scenario (M) | Least conservative scenario (H) | |
| Clinician | €138.8 (355.7) | €269.8 (712.8) | €970.5 (2,881.7) | €519.7 (1,161.6) | €744.5 (1,546.0) | €949 (1,913.8) | −€381 (n.s.) | −€474.7 (n.s.) | €21.4 (n.s.) |
| Nurse | €1.3 (3.3) | €1.8 (4.8) | €19.4 (48.6) | €5.8 (9.6) | €8.8 (15.3) | €11.3 (21.5) | −€4.6 (n.s.) | −€6.9 (n.s.) | €8.1 (n.s.) |
| Radiology technician | €3.3 (8.1) | €11.4 (23.2) | €16.7 (34.4) | €269.7 (491.6) | €389.3 (673.9) | €703.8 (954.1) | −€266.4 (n.s.) | −€377.9 (n.s.) | −€687.1 (0.016) |
| Resident | €32.9 (113.6) | €74.4 (225.7) | €156.7 (452.6) | €4.4 (10.6) | €23 (41.9) | €36.4 (64.2) | €28.5 (n.s.) | €51.4 (n.s.) | €120.3 (n.s.) |
| Other healthcare personnel | €0.0 (0.0) | €0.0 (0.0) | €21.6 (77.9) | €1.8 (5.6) | €3.5 (11.1) | €10.5 (33.3) | −€1.8 (n.s.) | −€3.5 (n.s.) | €11.1 (n.s.) |
| Total professionals | €176.2 (467.7) | €357.4 (933.6) | €1,184.8 (3,318.9) | €801.4 (1,635.5) | €1,169.0 (2,186.5) | €1,711.1 (2,688.6) | −€625.2 (n.s.) | −€811.6 (n.s.) | −€526.2 (n.s.) |
Since the p-value is also affected by the sample size (the smaller the sample size, the higher the p-value), we should be careful in interpreting the lack of statistical significance of the difference in estimates (as it may be driven by the low number of observations).
DXA = dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; n.s. = not significant; REMS = Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry; SD = standard deviation.