Economic Modeling of Heart Failure Telehealth Programs: When Do They Become Cost Saving?

Table 5

Base case results.

			Year 1			Year 3			Year 5
			Cost	LF	AD	Cost	LF	AD	Cost	LF	AD
C1	Low risk	Usual	12402	0.94	0.11	34982	2.47	0.48	54780	3.63	1.00
		Tele	+2502	+0.01	−0.02	+6590	+0.08	−0.14	+9826	+0.21	−0.28
C2	Intermediate risk	Usual	25304	0.88	1.23	66812	2.07	3.51	93075	2.74	5.03
		Tele	−2832	+0.03	−0.27	−5620	+0.22	−0.60	−3422	+0.46	−0.55
C3	High risk	Usual	32916	0.84	1.90	75515	1.91	4.39	99024	2.47	5.79
		Tele	−5499	+0.04	−0.36	−7683	+0.25	−0.55	−4456	+0.50	−0.4

AD: admission; LY: life years.
Telehealth results are incremental values, compared to usual care.