Significant reductions in tertiary hospital encounters and less travel for families after implementation of Paediatric Care Coordination in Australia

Table 4 Estimated encounter and cost savings after enrolment in the service

Encounter	Average cost per encounter at SCHN	Based on administrative data from the MSAU^a			Based on data collected by the Care Coordinators^b
	Average cost per encounter at SCHN	Actual Encounters saved 6 months after enrolment	Total amount saved 6 months after enrolment	Estimated amount saved over 2 years	Estimated encounters saved over 2 years	Estimated amount saved over 2 years
	(Au$)	(N)	(Au$)	(Au$)	(N)	(Au$)
Admissions (over-night)	12,927	49	633,423	2,533,692	290	3,748,830
Admissions (day-only)	2144	200	428,800	1,715,200	312	668, 928
ED Presentations	532	308	163,856	655,424	204	108,528
Total Estimated savings (2 yrs)	$4,904,316				$4,526,286

^aThese cost estimates are for 453 children aged over 6 months, where the number of encounters 6 months before and after enrolment were compared to estimate the number of encounters saved
^bThese cost are estimated based on data collected prospectively by care coordinators for all children enrolled in the service over 2 years after implementation

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