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. 2023 Feb 6;10:1–11. doi: 10.33393/grhta.2023.2492

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.