The costs of preventing the spread of respiratory infection in family physician offices: a threshold analysis

Table 2 Total costs for the intervention

Cost item	Rationale	Amounts (2004) (Five weeks)¹	Amounts (2004) (3 months)²	Amounts (2004) (per year)³	Amounts (2004) (Five weeks)⁴
Salaries and benefits	Five Nurse Facilitators	$15,147.35	$39,383.11	$157,532.44	$15,147.35
	0.5 full-time equivalent project manager	$4,831.54	$12,562.00	$50,248.02	$4,831.54
Total training	Course, experts, test practices	$3,883.20*	$3,883.20*	$3,883.20*	$10,562.30
Audit	Auditors and travel	$11,100.00	$28,860.00	$115,440.00	$11,100.00
Supplies	Tool kits	$7,472.18	$19,427.67	$77,710.67	$7,472.18
Facilitator travel		$2,426.44	$6,308.74	$25,234.98	$2,426.44
Honorarium	Each practice site was compensated for time lost	$7,950.00	$20,670.00	$82,680.00	$7,950.00
Intervention costs		$52,810.71	$131,094.73	$512,729.30	$59,489.81

*The training cost was amortized over 3 years using 5% discount rate, and therefore the training cost for each calendar year was $3,883.20, as shown in the additional file 1. This training cost for five facilitators would be totally fixed for a 3-year period. Even if these 5 facilitators were to conduct this activity for the entire flu season, and thus serve more than 53 practices, this cost would not change.
¹ Costs for the 5-week intervention based on the actual 5-week length of the project.
²Assume that intervention lasts 3 months (13 weeks) during flu season. All figures except the training cost were obtained by converting the 5-week totals (that apply to our particular intervention) listed in third column to weekly rates and then multiplying by 13.
³Assume that intervention lasts one year (52 weeks). All figures except the training cost were obtained by converting the 5-week totals (that apply to our particular intervention) listed in third column to weekly rates and then multiplying by 52.
⁴ Costs for the 5-week intervention based on the actual 5-week length of the project and the training cost was not amortized.

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