Table 3 Sensitivity analysis of global annual costs
From: Economic assessment of US physician participation in short-term medical missions
Sample year | PGBS Obs. | Direct Costs | Opportunity Costs | Total | Participation in Sample year (%) | US Physician Population in Sample year | Estimated physician STMM participation | Global US physician costs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Direct (airfare, organizational fees, equipment) | Total (Direct and Opportunity costs) | ||||||||
1983 | 2 | $1,999 | $14,250 | $16,249 | 4.3 % | 542,000* | 23,565 | $47,100,978 | $382,899,435 |
1993 | 3 | $1,999 | $5,166 | $ 7,165 | 3.7 % | 703,700** | 26,063 | $52,095,519 | $186,741,130 |
2003 | 4 | $2,124 | $9,000 | $ 11,123 | 7.0 % | 871,500*** | 60,848 | $129,218,277 | $806,037,886 |
2012 | 19 | $3,907 | $10,368 | $14,275 | 16.5 % | 878,194**** | 145,185 | $567,170,189 | $2,072,451,362 |