Research Article
Economic Modeling of Heart Failure Telehealth Programs: When Do They Become Cost Saving?
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| | Usual care | | | | Per CHF hospitalization cost | $12,000 | $12.7K [19], $11K [20], 10.9K [21], 12K–18K [22] | | Annual CHF outpatient cost | $1,700 | $680–2700 [11] | | Annual non-CHF healthcare cost | $10,000 | $7300–13000 [11] | | Telehealth | | | | Install/uninstall cost amortized to each month | $15 | Based on field experts estimate | | Monthly monitoring cost | $80 | Based on field experts estimate | | Case manager cost per patient per month | $125 | Based on average nurse salary, assuming 75 patients are covered by one nurse | | Total monthly TEST cost | $220 | | | Physician contact/medication initialization cost per detected episode | $52 | Based on physician verbal order time and new medication cost | | Nurse home visit cost per detected episode | $135 | Based on field experts estimate | | Total TREAT cost per episode | $187 | |
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