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Slide 36. Results

The Asthma Care Return-on-Investment Calculator

Slide presentation describes the Asthma Care Return-on-Investment Calculator.
Text Description is below the image.

This slide contains a table of the results page from the Asthma ROI Calculator, which displays the following information:

Input Values for Scenario 1
This page displays the inputs used to return the results for Scenario 1.

Input:

  • Study design: Randomized controlled studies
  • Asthma Only or All Costs: Asthma-Related Medical Costs
  • Cost Perspective: Program/plan and patient

Population Age/Gender (in percent):

  • Male 1-4: 6.20
  • Male 5-17: 15.00
  • Male 18-34: 9.20
  • Male 35-44: 4.60
  • Male 45-54: 3.70
  • Male 55-64: 1.80
  • Female 1-4: 9.10
  • Female 5-17: 21.90
  • Female 18-34: 13.70
  • Female 35-44: 6.70
  • Female 45-54: 5.60
  • Female 55-64: 2.50

Population Race (in percent):

  • White: 43.80
  • Black 23.10
  • Hispanic: 22.10
  • Asian/Pacific Islander: 3.50
  • American Indian/Alaska Native: 1.50
  • Other: 6.00

Baseline Data:

  • Annual emergency department visits per patient: 0.12
  • Cost of an emergency department visit: $91.00
  • Annual hospital stays per patient: 0.03
  • Cost of a hospital stay: $6,683.00
  • Annual outpatient visits per patient: 1.06
  • Cost of an outpatient visit: $41.00
  • Annual cost of asthma medications per patient: $439.00
  • Annual cost of asthma-related ancillary services per patient: $28.00
  • Annual missed workdays per adult from asthma: 5.53
  • Cost of a missed workday: $68.73
  • Annual missed schooldays per child from asthma: 5
  • Cost of a missed schoolday: $37.38

Program Impact (in percent):

  • Program impact on emergency department visits? -14.00
  • Program impact on hospital stays? -48.00
  • Program impact on outpatient visits? -9.00
  • Program impact on the cost of ancillary services? -66.00
  • Program impact on the cost of asthma medications? -25.00
  • Program impact on missed workdays per adult? -88.00
  • Program impact on missed schooldays per child? -58.00

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Page last reviewed October 2010
Internet Citation: Slide 36. Results: The Asthma Care Return-on-Investment Calculator. October 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/cpi/centers/ockt/kt/webinars/roicalc/roicalcsld36.html

 

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