Better health outcomes at lower costs: the benefits of primary care utilisation for chronic disease management in remote Indigenous communities in Australia’s Northern Territory

Table 4 Incremental costs of primary care interventions per hospitalisation averted and year of life saved

	Medium level of primary care	High level of primary care	Average cost threshold
Per hospitalisation averted	$134 - $404	$425 - $1168	$2915*
Per life year saved	$853 - $1489	$2581 - $4252	$120000^#

Note: Medium level: 2-11 visits per year; High level: 12 visits per year or more; *Average cost per hospitalisation; ^#the average statistical value of a life year used.

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