Table 1.
Cost Analysis.
| Baseline | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| €/unit | Site 1(2 wards) | Site 2 (2 wards) | Total Costs (€) | Scenario Analysis 1 hospital (4 wards) | |||||
| #Units | Duration | Cost (€) | # Units | Duration | Cost (€) | Total Cost (€) | |||
| Clinical Facilitator | Annual | Months | Months | ||||||
| CNM 1 (General) | 68,568.481 | 1 | 3.5 | 19,999.14 | 1 | 4.5 | 25,713.18 | 45,712.32 | - |
| Staff Nurse | 55,063.461 | 27,531.738 | |||||||
| Implementation Science / Quality Improvement Expert | 120,100.161 | 13,317.169 | |||||||
| Training | Hourly | Hours | Hours | ||||||
| CNM 1 (General) | 46.961 | 2 | 1.50 | 140.87 | 2 | 0.75 | 70.43 | 211.30 | 211.30 |
| CNM 2 (General) | 50.771 | 1 | 1.50 | 76.15 | 1 | 0.75 | 38.07 | 114.22 | 114.22 |
| Staff Nurse | 35.691 | 33 | 1.50 | 1,766.57 | 49 | 0.75 | 1,311.54 | 3,078.11 | 3,292.24 |
| Health Care Assistant | 30.111 | 4 | 3.00 | 361.29 | 10 | 0.75 | 225.81 | 587.10 | 790.33 |
| FCB Materials2 | |||||||||
| Whiteboards | 30.58 | 0 | - | 0.00 | 8 | - | 244.64 | 244.64 | 489.28 |
| Patient information leaflets | 1.39 | 5605 | - | 778.40 | 5605 | - | 778.40 | 1,556.80 | 1,563.75 |
| Floor distance markers | 92.47 | 2 | - | 184.94 | 2 | - | 184.94 | 369.88 | 369.88 |
| Patient mobility sheets | 1.30 | 30 | - | 39.00 | 0 | - | 0.00 | 39.00 | 78.00 |
| Orientation clocks | 191.75 | 4 | - | 767.00 | 0 | - | 0.00 | 767.00 | 1,534.00 |
| Distraction resources | 2.00 | 10 | - | 20.00 | 0 | - | 0.00 | 20.00 | 174.55 |
| Freezer depreciation (intervention period) | 4.75 | 0 | - | 0.00 | 1 | - | 4.75 | 4.75 | 19.00 |
| High protein ice-creams | 0.90 | 0 | - | 0.00 | 150 | - | 135.00 | 135.00 | 1,080.00 |
| Fruit pots | 0.90 | 600 | - | 539.10 | 0 | - | 0.00 | 539.10 | 6,469.20 |
| Radios6 | 60.00 | 2 | - | 120 | 2 | - | 120 | 240.00 | 240.00 |
| Total | 24,792.46 | 28,826.77 | 53,619.23 | 57,274.64 | |||||
| Total/patient | 275.473 | 113.653 | 156.03 | 72.927 | |||||
| Total/month | 12,396.234 | 9,608.924 | 10,723.85 | 4,772.898 | |||||
1
See Supplemental Table 1 for staff cost calculations.
2
FCB Study Records.
3
Number of patients: 254 at site 2, 90 at site 1.
4
Intervention length: 3 months at site 2, 2 months at site 1 plus 1.5 months per site for ward situational analysis undertaken by clinical facilitator.
5
1,500 leaflets purchased and 75% of them were used (equally split across hospitals).
6
For the trial radios were borrowed in two hospitals. The opportunity cost of purchasing them is included here for completeness.
7
Number of patients: 785. CNM: Clinical Nurse Manager.