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Table 9 Comparison of direct care costs incurred until healing

From: Pressure ulcer multidisciplinary teams via telemedicine: a pragmatic cluster randomized stepped wedge trial in long term care

Cost category

UC

EMDTs

Difference

Personnel costs

 

Study nurse

N/A

$101

$101

MDT

N/A

$20

$20

ET

$357

$18

-$340

Facility nurse

$1,094

$1,486

$392

Total personnel costs

$1,451

$1,624

$173

Treatments and supplies costs

 

Antibiotics

$84

$38

-$46

Dressings

$1,623

$2,284

$661

NPWT

$3,142

$0

-$3,142

Total treatments and supplies costs

$4,849

$2,322

-$2,527

Hospital costs

 

Inpatient

$4,147

$5,792

$1,645

Ambulatory (ER)

$250

$310

$60

Total hospital costs

$4,397

$6,102

$1,705

Grand Total

$10,697

$10,048

-$649

Grand total (w/o Dressings costs)

$9,074

$7,764

-$1,310

Grand total (w/o NPWT costs)

$7,555

$10,048

$2,493

Grand total (w/o Hospital costs)

$6,300

$3,946

-$2,354

Grand total (w/o Dressings, NPWT costs)

$5,932

$7,764

$1,832

Grand total (w/o Dressings, Hospital costs)

$4,677

$1,662

-$3,015

Grand total (w/o NPWT, Hospital costs)

$3,158

$3,946

$788

Grand total (w/o Dressings, NPWT, Hospital costs)

$1,535

$1,662

$127