Cost-outcome description of clinical pharmacist interventions in a university teaching hospital

Table 5 Sensitivity analysis for cost-benefit ratios

Variable	Lower limit *(Cost Benefit Ratio)*	Upper limit *(Cost Benefit Ratio)*
Time	30 minutes per intervention 6.48	15 minutes per intervention 12.96
ADE Probability	-50% Probability score 4.32	+50% Probability score 12.96
Salary	Highest point on senior pharmacist scale 6.42	Lowest point on basic pharmacist scale 12.07
ADE Cost^A	Lowest point on range 7.63	Highest point on range 47.28
Intervention acceptance	50% Acceptance 4.32	Known Acceptance (29.92% ) 2.59

^AADE range taken from a review of selected international studies regarding the economic consequences of ADEs which reported additional mean costs in the range of €934 to €5783 per case [34].

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