Cost-utility of a visiting service for older widowed individuals: Randomised trial

Table 2 Calculation of intervention costs

Source	Total Costs	Period	Participants	Annual costs per participant
Visiting Service 1	12,808	36 months	20	213
Visiting Service 2	54,900	24 months	80	343
Manual method 1^a	3,403	12 months	10	340
Manual method 2^b	3,200	12 months	10	320
Mean Intervention				304
Time Costs Volunteers	12.45/visit	12 months		149
Direct Medical Costs				453
Time Costs Participant	8.30/visit	12 months		100
Total Costs Intervention				553

^a From DFL 6,000 in 1997, converted into Euro, indexed for 2003 based on Health Care
Index (cf. http://www.cbs.nl) and rounded.
^b From DFL 6,000 in 1997, converted into Euro, indexed for 2003 based on General
Index (cf. http://www.cbs.nl) and rounded.

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