From: Cost data in implementation science: categories and approaches to costing
Cost category | Type of impact | Analytic perspective | Phasea | |||||
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 |  | Societal | Healthcare sector | Criminal Justice | Patient/caregiver | Public health dept | Otherb |  |
Implementation strategy (or de-implementation) | Paid by stakeholder/implementer. Costs include intervention adaptation and planning for implementation | x | x (only if implemented by the healthcare sector) |  | n/a | X (only if implemented by public health dept) |  | i–ii |
Formal healthcare sector medical costs | 1. Paid for by third-party payers | x (all) | x (all) |  |  |  |  | iii–iv iii–iv |
2. Paid for by patients out-of-pocket | Â | Â | Â | x | Â | Â | iv | |
3. Future related medical costs (payers and patients) 4. Future unrelated medical costs (payers and patients) | Â | Â | Â | x | Â | Â | iv | |
Informal healthcare sector | 1. Patient-time costs | x (all) | n/a | n/a | x |  |  | ii–iii |
2. Unpaid caregiver-time costs | Â | Â | Â | x | Â | Â | Â | |
3. Transportation costs | Â | Â | Â | x | Â | Â | Â | |
Non-healthcare sectors | Â | x (all) | n/a | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Productivity | 1. Labor market earnings lost |  | n/a |  | x |  |  |  |
2. Cost of unpaid lost productivity due to illness | Â | Â | Â | x | Â | Â | Â | |
3. Cost of uncompensated household production | Â | Â | Â | x | Â | Â | Â | |
 Consumption | Future consumption unrelated to health |  | n/a |  |  |  |  | iv |
Social services | 1. Cost of social services as part of the intervention or implementation strategy |  | n/a |  |  | x (possibly) | x (possibly) | i–ii |
2. Cost/savings of social services downstream |  |  |  |  |  |  | iii–iv | |
Legal or criminal justice | 1. Number and cost of crimes related to intervention | Â | n/a | x | Â | Â | Â | iii |
2. Cost of crimes downstream | Â | Â | x | Â | Â | Â | iv | |
Education | Impact of intervention on the educational achievement of population | Â | n/a | Â | Â | Â | x (possibly) | iv |
Housing | Cost of intervention on home improvements (e.g., removing lead paint) |  | n/a |  |  |  | x (possibly) | ii–v |
Environment | Production of toxic waste pollution by intervention |  | n/a |  |  |  | x (possibly) | iv–v |
Others (specify) | Other impacts | Â | n/a | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |