From: The costs and potential savings of a novel telepaediatric service in Queensland
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
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 | Actual (A$) | Threshold (number of patients) | + 0.5% | -0.5% | Change | Ratio (%) | Rank |
Telepaediatrics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Equipment (incl. interest) | 128,191.01 | 774.36 | 775.14 | 773.58 | 1.56 | 0.20 | 3 |
ISDN installation | 2655.00 | 774.36 | 774.37 | 774.34 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 9 |
ISDN line rental | 32,400.00 | 774.36 | 774.56 | 774.16 | 0.39 | 0.05 | 6 |
Coordinators | 475,000.00 | 774.36 | 777.24 | 771.48 | 5.76 | 0.74 | 2 |
ISDN call costs | 65,400.00 | 774.36 | 774.56 | 774.15 | 0.41 | 0.05 | 6 |
RCH consultants | 109,000.00 | 774.36 | 774.70 | 774.02 | 0.68 | 0.09 | 4 |
RCH nursing/allied health | 27,250.00 | 774.36 | 774.44 | 774.27 | 0.17 | 0.02 | 7 |
Regional presenter | 81,750.00 | 774.36 | 774.61 | 774.10 | 0.51 | 0.07 | 5 |
Regional admin support | 16,350.00 | 774.36 | 774.41 | 774.31 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 8 |
Project costs | 18,000.00 | 774.36 | 774.41 | 774.30 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 8 |
Conventional outpatients | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
RCH consultants | 109,000.00 | 774.36 | 774.70 | 774.02 | 0.68 | 0.09 | 4 |
RCH nursing/allied health | 27,250.00 | 774.36 | 774.27 | 774.44 | -0.17 | -0.02 | 7 |
RCH admin support | 16,350.00 | 774.36 | 774.31 | 774.41 | -0.10 | -0.01 | 8 |
Patient travel | 1,391,670.00 | 774.36 | 770.02 | 778.74 | -8.72 | -1.13 | 1 |
Patient accommodation | 8994.00 | 774.36 | 774.33 | 774.39 | -0.06 | -0.01 | 8 |
Legend | |||||||
Column A | Description of cost | ||||||
Column B | Original value of cost (in current evaluation) | ||||||
Column C | Original number of patients required to reach the point of threshold | ||||||
Column D | Adjusted threshold point when unit cost increased by 0.5% | ||||||
Column E | Adjusted threshold point when unit cost decreased by 0.5% | ||||||
Column F | Difference in threshold = (D-E) | ||||||
Column G | (Difference in threshold/original threshold) × 100 | ||||||
Column H | Rank – most sensitive (1) to least sensitive (9) to change |