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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 5.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2022 May 6;165(Pt B):107079. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107079

Table 2.

Data Input Categories and Sources

Activity Data Source and Explanation

Costs of Clinical Tasks
Prepare for visit Clinic staff estimated average time spent preparing for each visit. Time estimate multiplied by labor cost per hour (see text and supplement).
Brief counseling Time recorded on DATCAP and valued using labor cost per hour (see text)
Deliver smoking- contingent voucher incentive Time recorded on DATCAP and valued using labor cost per hour (see text)
Purchase client vouchers Time recorded on DATCAP and valued using labor cost per hour (see text)
Drive to/from off-site visits Time recorded on DATCAP and valued using labor cost per hour (see text)
Follow-up after missed appointments Clinic staff estimated average time spent per week. Converted to average time per visit using client visits per week in each group. Time spent multiplied by labor cost per hour (see text and supplement).
Urine processing, review results, disposal Clinic staff estimated average time spent per visit. Time spent multiplied by labor cost per hour (see text).
Purcard verification Staff members verified voucher purchases made for clients on University Purcards: credit cards used in this study to purchase retailer credits for clients awarded financial incentives. Clinic staff estimated average time spent per week on the verifications. Results were converted to average time per visit using visits per week. Time per visit was multiplied by labor cost per hour (see text).
Record mileage Clinic staff estimated average time spent per week. Results were converted to average time per visit using visits per week. Time spent was multiplied by labor cost per hour (see text).
Complete required training Clinic staff estimated annual training time. Converted to average time spent per visit using total study months and total visits over the timespan of the study.
Costs of Other Inputs
Voucher Spending Amounts Recorded on Purcard invoices and abstracted to study database
Supplies
 Office supplies Study receipts
 Urinalysis supplies Study receipts
Lease cost/sq. ft. for clinical office space multiplied by workspace area (299
Clinic Workspace sq. ft.) multiplied by fraction of time used for study and then apportioned to participants based on time spent in visits
Office Cubicle (desk, chair, divider walls) Total purchase cost of $750 was amortized over 20 years at a 3% rate per year and apportioned to the study timeframe based on the duration of the study and then divided by number of participants
Clinic Staff Vehicle Use $0.57 per mile times number of miles (University rate)
Client Transportation & Time Costs
Transportation Total transportation cost for bus/taxi and care recorded on DATCAP (see text)
Travel time Time recorded on DATCAP and valued using a travel cost per hour (Verbooy et al., 2018).
Intervention Benefits
Medicaid Cost Offsets Reduction in rate of infants small for gestational age (SGA) times difference in Medicaid payments for delivery, newborn, and first year of life for infant SGA versus not SGA
ADP (Absolute Difference in Percent) Excel calculation based on abstinence in control and adjusted odds ratio for abstinence (intervention versus control) at 24 weeks postpartum
Mother’s QALY Gain Using Stapleton & West (2012), Table 2 for 48 weeks since quit date, interpolate entry corresponding to 3% discount rate and ADP.
Infant’s QALY Gain Multiply lives saved based on improvement in abstinence at end of pregnancy times infant’s discounted life expectancy at birth.
Economic Benefits Mother’s plus infant’s QALY gains times value per QALY ($100,000)