Cost-Effectiveness of a New Outpatient Pulmonology Care Model Based on Physician-to-Physician Electronic Consultation
Table 3
Costs per individual medical procedure and total costs.
Costs
Cost comparison between e-consultations and face-to-face consultations
Total cost of the program
e-consultation
Face-to-face visit
e-consultation + face-to-face visit
Type of consultation
Cost (€)
Cost per consultation (€)
105.10
175.10
280.20
Hypothetical cost of the year 2021 if all consultations would have been in person (3,934 consultations × €840.20)
3,305,346.80
Travel costs (€)
0.80
6.20
7
Actual total cost of the program: (i) Real cost of the e-consultations completed (1,711 × €187.40) (ii) Real cost of e-consultations + face-to-face visit completed (2,223 × €970.60)
2,478,285.20 320,641.40 2,157,643.80
Time cost (€)∞
2.70
8.30
11
Pollutant emission costs (€)
67.40
564.40
632
Wait list cost (€)≠
11.40
86.20
40.40
Savings resulting from the program
827,061.60
Total cost (€)
187.40
840.20
970.60
Savings resulting from e-consultations
652.80 €
from patient’s home to health center. from patient’s home to hospital. ∞ depending on the distance to the health center/hospital and their employment situation (active or retired person) (average costs). ≠ according to a waiting list of 3.2 days for an e-consultation and 25.7 for a face-to-face consultation (average costs).
