Table 2 A summary of the fixed and variable costs associated with running both email counselling services.
From: An economic analysis of email-based telemedicine: A cost minimisation study of two service models
COTS ($) | Purpose-written ($) | |
|---|---|---|
Fixed costs | ||
Annual equivalent cost of capital cost (annual) | 0 | 6995 |
Service fee (annual) | 0 | 5000 |
Variable costs | ||
Supervisory staff (workload 6000+) (annual) | 77,841 | 61,454 |
Administrative staff (workload 3000+) (per email) | 1.62 | 0 |
Counselling staff (per email) | 19.93 | 19.93 |