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Table 1 Costs overview

From: The societal impact of implementing an at-home blood sampling device for chronic care patients: patient preferences and cost impact

Parameter

Category

Expected value

95% CIa

Phlebotomy Cost

Hospital

€ 9.04

€8.08 to €9.99

Phlebotomy service center

€ 15.34

€14.09 to €16.60

GP's office

€ 18.13

€17.92 to €18.34

At home

€ 25.16

€19.36 to €30.96

Hem-Col

€ 20.42b

€10.42 to €30.43

Traveling Cost

Hospital

€ 6.08

€3.10 to €9.07

Phlebotomy service center

€ 1.02

€0.52 to €1.52

GP's office

€ 0.45

€0.23 to €0.67

Hem-Col

€ 1.02

€0.52 to €1.52

Productivity Lost Cost per Hour

Male age 18–64

€ 40.74

€20.78 to €60.70

Male age 65–74

€ 4.91

€2.51 to €7.32

Male age 75 + 

€ 0.73

€0.37 to €1.09

Female age 18–64

€ 33.97

€17.32 to €50.61

Female age 65–74

€ 4.10

€2.09 to €6.10

Female age 75 + 

€ 0.61

€0.31 to €0.91

Informal care giver

€ 15.05

€7.68 to €22.42

Waste Cost

Regular tube (per 100 tubes)

€ 1.22

€0.62 to €1.82

Hem-Col tube (per 100 tubes)

€ 0.68

€0.35 to €1.01

  1. GP General Practitioner
  2. abased on normal distribution for the mean and corresponding standard error
  3. bincludes cost of the test and tube, postage and shipping to patient, dilution factor and order tariffs