“…The project/program implementation included costs of equipment, maintenance [18,20,24,28,30], educational package [23,29], printing and supplies [16,21,26]. The health care costs comprised of administrative staff and care-providers' salaries in the LTC facilities [18,[23][24]26], transfers to hospitals [22], in-patient hospitalization [16,18,22,23], out-patient-and-ambulatory visits including day-surgeries/procedures [16,18,[22][23]25], medical supplies and medications [16,23,28]. Only two studies reported on the societal costs (i.e., costs to the health system, as well as out-of-pocket costs and productivity losses) [21,29].…”