Variable | Data-source (natural units) | Source for monetary units |
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Cost for development of evidence based material and translation of drug bulletin | Time spent | Salary payments |
Training of outreach pharmacists | Time spent | Salary payments |
Training of 'referents' (physicians indicated by each PGC) | Time spent | Salary payments |
Printed materials | Invoices | Invoices |
Travels costs | Estimate of distance to practices | Travel invoices |
Cost of pharmacists doing outreach and making appointments | Record of number of visits and days spent on visits | Salary payments |
Cost of other administrative tasks | Estimated time expenditure | Salary payments |
Cost of physician time | Record of length of outreach visit and number of physicians | Salary payments |
Development of software | Invoices, estimates of time spent | Invoices, salary payments |
Drug expenditure | Medical records of prescribing | Italian Agency for Drug 2006 |