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Table 7 Average annual health service expenditure by DxMoC and by patient years (2008-2014) $AUS2017

From: Do remote dialysis services really cost more? An economic analysis of hospital and dialysis modality costs associated with dialysis services in urban, rural and remote settings

DxMoC costs

Incentre MoC0

Urban DxMoC1

Rural MoC2

Remote MoC3

RemoteCC MoC4

SC HD MoC5

SC PD MoC6

Mean annual person years (SD)

26.9 (3.5)

293.2 (33.9)

65.5 (9.9)

15.2 (3.3)

20.2 (9.9)

33.5 (7.7)

42.6 (8.2)

Annual overnight costs (SD)

$2 384 554 ($292 382)

$10 796 590 ($2 338 105)

$2 057 456 ($536 526)

$298 030 ($110 777)

$400 455 ($198 295)

$783 561 ($262 117)

$1 195 783 ($267 061)

Annual ED cost (SD)

$197 395 ($69 154)

$2 080 762 ($576 588)

$161 867 ($86 244)

$5 456 ($6 402)

$104 606 ($61 532)

$37 391 ($16 678)

$67 633 ($23 333)

Annual hospital (overnight and ED) costs (SD)

$2 581 949 ($339 333)

$12 887 350 ($2 897 673)

$2 219 323 ($607 166)

$303 486 ($115 358)

$505 060 ($252 482)

$820 952 ($267 606)

$1 263 416 ($276 490)

Annual dialysis costs (SD)

$1 376 173 ($267 504)

$20 648 550 ($2 412 165)

$4 787 821 ($743 545)

$1 702 762 ($322 872)

$2 140 761 ($1 048 406)

$1 496 354 ($314 784)

$2 986 276 ($554 379)

Total annual health service costs  (SD)

$3 958 122 ($391 353)

$33 525 910 ($5 185 195)

$7 007 144 ($1 244 222)

$2 006 248 ($399 797)

$2 645 821 ($1 296 984)

$2 317 ($531 984)

$4 249 692 ($673 865)

aMean hospital costs/patient/yr (SD)

$97 928 ($21 261)

$43 440 ($5 048)

$33 630 ($7 213)

$19 584 ($4 394)

$24 914 ($4 537)

$24 432 ($6 618)

$30 699 ($8 898)

aMean dialysis costs/patient/yr (SD)

$50 582 ($4 434)

$70 418 ($1 169)

$73 118 ($1 388)

$112 696 ($6 322)

$105 932 ($3 556)

$44 959 ($4 067)

$70 391 ($4 272)

aMean health service costs/patient/yr (SD)

$148 510 ($19 774)

$113 858 ($4 891)

$106 748 ($6 364)

$132 280 ($3 159)

$130 846 ($5 280)

$69 391 ($8 169)

$101 090 ($9 421)

  1. aAnnual costs divided by person years