In a number of cases, this reduction in hospital admissions and emergency room visits resulted in a cost savings in excess of $10,130, the cost of the average wish. In other words, Make-A-Wish helped, and helped in a cost-effective way.
This doesn’t follow. The $10,130 cost savings went into hospital budgets, not into buying bednets, so it doesn’t particularly matter that this money was saved.
Also, it seems implausible that Make-A-Wish could meaningfully reduce hospital admissions, so I’m inclined to disbelieve this study.
This doesn’t follow. The $10,130 cost savings went into hospital budgets, not into buying bednets, so it doesn’t particularly matter that this money was saved.
Also, it seems implausible that Make-A-Wish could meaningfully reduce hospital admissions, so I’m inclined to disbelieve this study.