Table 5 Out-of-pocket expenses and time of treatment analysis
From: Patients’ out-of-pocket expenses analysis of presurgical teledermatology
Presurgical modality | All patients | Squamous cell carcinoma | Basal cell carcinomaa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Presurgical TD patients | Presurgical CR patients | Presurgical TD patients | Presurgical CR patients | Presurgical TD patients | Presurgical CR patients | |
Out-of-pocket expenses (a) (€) | 26.34 | 55.85 | 26.33 | 72.33 | 37.97 | 66.27 |
Wait time (days) (b) | 86.09 | 126.11 | 66.22 | 76.80 | 91.74 | 166.08 |
Delta out-of-pocket expenses (∆a) (€) | − 29.5 | − 46.0 | − 28.3 | |||
Delta wait time (days) (∆b) | − 40.03 | − 10.58 | − 74.35 | |||
Out-of-pocket expenditure per Wait Time Saved (∆a/∆b) (€) | 0.74 | 4.35 | 0.38 | |||