Slide Presentation from the AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference

Financial Cost of ADE's (continued)

• Increase in costs after an ADE: $1310
  Increase after a preventable ADE: $1983
• Extrapolated to 1000 adults age 65+
  Costs per year to treat preventable ADEs: $27,365

Notes:

We could apply ~$750,000 each year to pay for the intervention