Costing Behavioral Interventions: A Practical Guide to Enhance Translation

Abstract

Intervention costs must be distinguished from research, development, and recruitment costs. The inclusion of sensitivity analyses is recommended to understand the implications of implementation of the intervention into different settings using different intervention resources. To illustrate these procedures, we use data from a smoking reduction practical clinical trial to describe the techniques and methods used to estimate and evaluate the costs associated with the intervention. Estimated intervention costs per participant were $419, with a range of $276 to $703, depending on the number of participants.

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“…If eligible participants could be identified via electronic registries, we could eliminate the chart reviews and substantially reduce recruitment related letters and phone calls. Based on other projects involving electronic registries, 26,33 we estimate it would take approximately 20 h of programmer time for data extraction and cleaning, for a total cost of $718. Recruitment costs could then be reduced by 29 % or by $22,522.…”

“…The secondary aim is to estimate the costs of the program under different conditions and assumptions. 26,27 METHODS AND PROCEDURES…”

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