Table 1 Base case costs associated with the High Five for Kids intervention and usual care groups, micro-costing approach
From: The cost of a primary care-based childhood obesity prevention intervention
Usual care ($) (n = 192) | Mean cost/child ($) | Intervention ($) (n = 253) | Mean cost/child ($) | Range ($) | Mean time/child (minutes) | Range (minimum-maximum) (minutes) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Provider-incurred costs | |||||||
Materials and equipmenta,b | 11,422 | 59 | 28,628 | 113 | -- | -- | -- |
Study-related visits and phone counselingc | 770 | 4 | 29,354 | 116 | 32 – 355 (Intervention) | 100 (Intervention) | 35-330 (Intervention) |
0-298 | 4 | 0-231 | |||||
(Usual Care) | (Usual Care) | (Usual Care) | |||||
Parent-incurred costs | |||||||
Parent Timed | -- | -- | 6,014 | 24 | 0.00 – 85 | 65 | 0-240 |
Parent Transportatione | -- | -- | 344 | 1 | 0.00 – 37 | -- | -- |
Parent Childcaref | -- | -- | 451 | 2 | 0.00 – 50 | 8 | 0-210 |
Parent Out-of-pocketg | -- | -- | 852 | 3 | 0.00 – 27 | -- | -- |
TOTAL | 12,192 | 63 | 65,643 | 259 |