Table 1 Costs categories, practical definitions, and their sources
From: Costs and outcomes of colorectal cancer screening program in Isfahan, Iran
Cost groups: | Including | Source |
|---|---|---|
personnel | Including salaries, fees paid to the gastroenterologist, general practitioners, health care professionals, nurses, and other personnels for FIT testing, patient referrals, and colonoscopy. | Financial documents relating to the IraPEN program. |
buildings and space | Price of the colonoscopy clinic building. Estimating Building maintenance and depreciation costs and utility costs (water, electricity, gas, telephone) for 2016–2019 | Documents related to land purchase and review of bills of energy carriers and depreciation and maintenance of colonoscopy clinic equipment. |
equipment | Cost of buying a colonoscopy set, catheter, suction, pulse oximeter, resuscitation trolley, medical bed, patient bed, monitoring device, DC shock device. | Invoice for purchasing equipment of medical and hospital equipment unit. |
Supplies and pharmaceuticals | Cost of KIT, syringe, distilled water, angiocath, disposable clothing and sheets, Droshite, latex gloves, surgical gloves, lidocaine gel, forceps, snare, plates, clips, and injection needles. Senagraf syrup, Pidrolax powder, Bisacodyl tablets, Dimethicone tablets, Midazolam ampoule. | Purchase invoice for consumable equipment performing FIT test and colonoscopy available in hospital pharmacy. |
training | Cost of personnel involved in training all caregivers in health centers for colorectal cancer screening. | financial documents related to the training fee of teaching staff. |
transportation | Cost of transporting supplies, pharmaceuticals and personnel. | Financial documents relating to the IraPEN program. |
social mobilization and publicity | The information and advertising costs of the program in the form of banners, pamphlets, tracts, and placards. |