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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eat Behav. 2009 Aug 15;11(1):11. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2009.08.002

Table 3.

Program and participant costs.

Group (n=16) Individual (n=18)
Program costs
Preparation/record keeping, h
 Total time, h 57.4 98.8
 Per participant time, h 3.6 5.5
 Cost per participant, $a 78.27 119.73
Time in counseling session
 Total time, h 23.2 190.5
 Per participant time, h 1.4 10.6
 Cost per participant, $a 31.67 230.79
Phone costs
 Cost per min per participant, $ 0.07 0.03
 Total cost, $ 1500.78 571.41
 Cost per participant, $ 93.80 31.75
Total program costs per participant, $ 203.73 382.26
Participant costs
Time in counseling session
 Per participant time, h 19.1 10.6
 Cost per participant, $b 239.22 132.27
Cost-effectiveness, program only, $c 328.60 764.52
Cost-effectiveness, program+participant, $c 714.43 1029.06

Data are reported as mean per provider unless noted as per participant.

a

Cost calculated with average provider wage of $21.81/h.

b

Cost calculated with average participant wage of $12.50/h.

c

Cost-effectiveness calculated as per participant cost divided by intent-to-treat success rate of 10% weight loss (62% in group condition and 50% in individual condition).