Table 5
From: Cost-utility analysis of a national project to reduce hypertension in Israel
Appendix I: Key Economic Variables | Â | Reference/Data Source |
|---|---|---|
ECONOMIC | Â | Â |
Annual Discount Rate | 3% | 27 |
Exchange Rate: Shekels to USD (2005) | 4.35 | 12 |
Per capita GDP (USD 2003) | $16,497 | 12 |
Training Staff | Â | Â |
Number of Clinics in Israel | 3000 | MOH Statistical Dept. |
Staff per clinic receiving training | 2 | Ashkelon Project |
Full Days Training in initial year | 2 | Ashkelon Project |
Days training in subsequent years | 1 | Ashkelon Project |
Cost per ticipant-day of training course | $100 | Ashkelon Project |
Tele-management & Operational costs per patient. | $60 | Ashkelon Project |
Nurse/GP guidance per patient in first year of program | $230 | Ashkelon Project |
Unit Care Costs | Â | Â |
Ambulatory visit to Nurse or Nutritionist | $7.83 | 15 mins visit & 5 mins secretarial time |
Ambulatory GP visit | $11.37 | 15 mins GP & 5 mins secretarial time |
Cost of OPV | $99.14 | 25% of general hospital cost (30) |
General Hospital Cost per day | $397 | 30 |
ICU cost per day | $1,586 | estimated as four times general per diem cost (30) |
Rehabilitation Hospital Cost per day | $238.85 | 30 |
Home Physiotherapy Visit | $38.53 | 30 |
Devices and Procedure costs | Â | Â |
Stent | $202 | Barzelai Hospital Accounts Dept. |
Cypher | $2,989 | Barzelai Hospital Accounts Dept. |
Diagnostic Catheterisation | $2,464 | 30 |
Restenosis | $9,701 | 30, includes 1 day in ICU & 3 days in cardiac ward |
Average cost of Catheterisation with Stent or cypher | $6,925 | 30 |
CABG operation | $12,740 | 30 |
TPA | $1,800 | 30 estimated as four times general per diem cost |
PRS Streptokinaise | $81 | 31 |
Kidney Transplant Cost | $39,132 | 30 |
Haemodialysis cost | $313 | 30 |
Peritonea dialysis cost | $136 | 30 |
% receiving haemodialysis | 88.8% | 20 |
Average annual Dialysis Cost | $46,041 | 30 |
Drug Costs | Â | Â |
Post-MI or stroke drugs per day per patient- Males | $1.92 | 14 |
Post-MI or stroke drugs per day per patient- Females | $1.79 | 14 |
Post-UAP drugs per day per patient- Males | $1.92 | 14 |
Post-UAP drugs per day per patient- Females | $1.79 | 14 |
Correct preventive medication per day | $0.92 | 14, Ace inhibitor, Aspirin & Statin |
Inadequate preventive medication per day | $0.31 | 14, Assumed only 1 correct drug taken |