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Table 3 Summary of expenses associated with stakeholder engagements (all costs are in Australian Dollard, incurred over 2009 to 2012)

From: The ASTUTE Health study protocol: Deliberative stakeholder engagements to inform implementation approaches to healthcare disinvestment

Expense category

ART case study

B12/folate case study

Total

Honoraria

$7,849

$11,231

$19,080

Participant recruitment

$3,653

$3,500

$7,153

Venue

   

 > Food and drinks (inc. room hire)

$7,293

$9,887

$17,180

 > Equipment hire

-

$427

$427

Expert witnesses

$7,040

$9,152

$16,192

Facilitation

$6,978

$3,600

$10,578

 > Facilitation associated costs

$5,608

$2,622

$8,229

Stenography

$7,514

$6,913

$14,427

Flights

   

 > Participant

-

$1,663

$1,663

 > Research

$2,474

$2,752

$5,226

Accommodation

   

 > Participant

-

$160

$160

 

$350

$803

$1,153

Project management

$4,800

$4,800

9,600

Staff salaries (administrative support*)

$35,000

$35,000

$70,000

Other operating costs

$1,945

$531

$2,476

Total

$90,504

$93,041

$183,544

  1. * Does not include research staffing costs for the development of systematic review evidence, costings and ethical analyses, or supervision time by Chief Investigators.