Table 3 Total costs associated with operating each email counselling service at varying workloads.
From: An economic analysis of email-based telemedicine: A cost minimisation study of two service models
Email consultations per annum | COTS ($) | Purpose-written ($) |
|---|---|---|
1000 | 19,930 | 31,925 |
2000 | 39,860 | 51,855 |
3000 | 64,650 | 71,785 |
4000 | 86,200 | 91,715 |
5000 | 107,750 | 111,645 |
6000 | 207,141 | 193,029 |
7000 | 228,691 | 212,959 |
8000 | 250,241 | 232,889 |
9000 | 271,791 | 252,819 |
10,000 | 293,341 | 272,749 |