Table 5 Cost–benefit and sensitivity analysis
Cost–benefit analysis | ||
|---|---|---|
Calculation | Costs and benefits | Outcomea |
1. | Costs of SERVICE (Pharmacist labor) | |
Admission | −€ 7476 | |
Discharge | −€ 7256 | |
2. | Cost avoidance | |
Admission | € 7911 | |
Discharge | € 28,687 | |
3. (= 2–1) | Net cost–benefit | |
During intervention period | € 21,868 | |
Per patient (at admission) | € 103 | |
4. (= 2:1) | Cost–benefit ratio | 2.48 |
Sensitivity analysis | ||
|---|---|---|
Variable | Variation | Cost–benefit ratio |
Time | + 50% minutes per intervention | 1.66 |
− 50% minutes per intervention | 4.96 | |
Salary | Highest point on hospital pharmacist scale | 2.22 |
Lowest point on hospital pharmacist scale | 3.55 | |
Pharmacy technician (7th year) | 7.73 | |
ADE probability | − 50% | 1.24 |
50% | 3.73 | |
ADE cost | Based on Bates et al. [28] | 16.52 |