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Table 3 Sensitivity analyses on alternative costing approaches

From: The cost of a primary care-based childhood obesity prevention intervention

 

Usual care ($) (n = 192)

Mean cost/child ($)

Range (minimum-maximum) ($)

Intervention ($) (n = 253)

Mean cost/child ($)

Range (minimum-maximum) ($)

Additional costs

      

Staff traininga

4,570

24

--

44,489

176

--

APC training onlyb

2,993

16

--

23,316

92

--

Health plan perspective costs

      

Reported study-related visitsc

8,025

42

205 – 2,022

72,170

285

147 – 467

Reported intervention group study-related visitsd

--

--

--

72,170

285

147 – 467

Total study-related visitse

8,025

42

205 – 2,022

162,255

641

147 – 467

Total intervention group study-related visitse,d

--

--

--

162,255

641

147 – 467

Equipment costs

      

Annuitized equipment costsf

9,784

51

--

63,455

251

--

  1. aIncludes trainer salary costs, clinical staff time costs, and trainer and clinical staff travel costs. Clinical staff fringe was estimated at 30% of the hourly wage rate.
  2. bIncludes trainer salary costs, APC time costs, and trainer and APC travel costs.
  3. cBased on provider reimbursements. 13 out of the 192 children in usual care had unexpected study-related weight visits. Reimbursement data was available for 238 study-related visits out of an estimated 504 study-related visits that occurred in the intervention group.
  4. dExcludes unexpected usual care visit costs.
  5. eIncludes missing study-related visit costs that were not reported in provider reimbursement data, but that were imputed based on study visits attended.
  6. fEquipment costs annuitized over 10 years at a discount rate of 3.5%.