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Table 1 Estimations for the cost per additional patient screened

From: The uptake and effect of a mailed multi-modal colon cancer screening intervention: A pilot controlled trial

 

Item Cost

Quantity

Cost

Mail out postage

$1.84

137 mailed packages

$252.08

Mail back postage

$5.00

57 returned by patients

$285.00

Video/DVD duplication costs

$5.00

137

$685.00

Materials (Boxes and packaging

$1.00

137

$137.00

Staff time

$17.00/hour

9 hours staff time

$153.00

Total Cost

  

$1,512.08

Cost per additional patient screened

Difference in patients screened between intervention and control = 16 patients

$1,512.08/16

$94.51