Table 4 Assumed costs of home visits (n = 95)
From: Paediatric palliative care by video consultation at home: a cost minimisation analysis
Total Costs | A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinician consultation time | Clinician travel time | Clinician Travel costs | Total cost (A + B + C) | |
$ | $ | $ | $ | |
Brisbane | $2952 | $3648 | $72 | $6672 |
Ipswich | $615 | $1645 | $120 | $2380 |
Redcliffe | $1353 | $2783 | $110 | $4246 |
Moggill | $369 | $759 | $21 | $1149 |
Sunshine Coast | $1353 | $6123 | $319 | $7795 |
Gold Coast | $1476 | $7284 | $408 | $9166 |
Lismore | $369 | $2429 | $141 | $2939 |
Kingaroy | $246 | $1265 | $140 | $1651 |
Subtotal road travel | $8733 | $25,936 | $1403 | $35,998 |
Travel by air n = 24 | ||||
Bundaberg | $246 | $2530 | $4182 | $6958 |
Emerald | $123 | $1695 | $1808 | $3626 |
Cairns | $984 | $11,132 | $14,736 | $26,852 |
Mt Isa | $1599 | $15,787 | $24,466 | $41,852 |
Subtotal air | $2952 | $31,144 | $45,192 | $79,288 |
Total | $11,685 | $ 57,080 | $ 46,595 | $ 115,286 |
Mean $ road travel | $123 | $365 | $20 | $507 |
Mean $ air travel | $123 | $1298 | $1883 | $3,303 |
Mean $ all travel | $123 | $601 | $490 | $1214 |