Skip to main content

Table 1 Cost savings from preventing unnecessary emergency department visits.

From: Calculating the return on investment of mobile healthcare

 

Annual expenses ($)

Annual cost of mobile health clinic

565,700

Total annual visits

4,848

Total visits discounted by 20%

3,878

Cost per visit

117

Cost of preventable emergency department visit [9]

923

Cost avoided per mobile clinic visit

806

Annual projected costs avoided

3,125,668

  1. The Family Van expenses versus costs for non-emergent and emergent but primary care treatable emergency department visits.