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. 2009 Oct 14;4(10):e7455. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007455

Table 1. Data Used to Estimate Costs of Delivering the Intervention per Patient, all costs in 2008 ▒AUD.

Cost Item Data Used Source
Assessment by Physiotherapist Consultation between 80 and 150 minutes Notes kept by intervention physiotherapist
Assessment by Nurse Consultation between 30 and 60 minutes Notes kept by intervention nurse
Daily Visits by Nurse Consultation between 10 and 30 minutes Notes kept by intervention nurse
Length of stay for primary admission Mean = 4.66 days, St Dev = 2.77 days Data collected by Courtney et al. [23]
One off home visit Travel and visit time between 100 and 150 minutes Notes kept by intervention nurse
Ten follow up calls over 6 months Duration of call between 20 and 30 minutes Notes kept by intervention nurse
▒10 stretchy band ▒10 Data collected by Courtney et al. [23]
▒10 pedometer ▒10 Data collected by Courtney et al. [23]
Hourly cost Physiotherapist ▒52.3 Mater Health Services, salary schedule
Hourly cost senior Nurse (HEWA 7) ▒50 Mater Health Services, salary schedule
GP, ED and other health care service per visit ▒50 to ▒90 Medical Benefits Schedule [44]
Value of bed day in hospital ▒611 to ▒1008 Australian Hospital Statistics [45]
Value of bed day in community care facility ▒108 Data provided by Economics and Health Services Group (AIHW), and [46]