New York

Focus on Asthma

Return on Investment (ROI) From a Hypothetical Asthma Care Quality Improvement Intervention Program for 4,955 Adults With Medicaid in New York, 2006.

The estimates below are based on a hypothetical asthma care quality improvement intervention program that (1) targets patients with persistent asthma with at least one acute care visit in a 1-year period, (2) assumes 25% of eligible patients will participate, (3) costs $395 per participant per year, and (4) runs for 3 years. Workdays lost due to caring for an asthmatic child or dependent are not factored into this model.

Estimated Cost and Returns per Participant Across 3 years
	Health Care ROI: Health Care Savings= $2.01       Program Costs  Health Care and Productivity ROI: Health Care Savings + Productivity Gains= $2.74                   Program Costs

Estimated 3-Year Asthma Health Care Saving(-)/Cost(+) Per Participant, by Setting, for a Hypothetical Asthma Care Quality Improvement Intervention Program for Adults With Medicaid in New York, 2006.

This example is for the sickest asthma patients-those with persistent asthma who have had at least one acute care visit within the past year. Interventions aimed at these patients show the best estimated returns. Not all hypothetical intervention programs result in a favorable ROI. For the purpose of this modeling, State employees are the same as privately insured.

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