Cost-effectiveness analysis of direct admission to acute geriatric unit versus admission after an emergency department visit for elderly patients

Table 1 Calculation of the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER)

	Rate of ED return visits averted		Costs per patient
Groups	DA	ED	DA	ED
Results	0,967329154	0,960797965	5112,864	5131,075
Difference	0,006531189		-18,211
ICER at baseline	€-2788 per ED return visit averted

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