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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pain Symptom Manage. 2010 Apr;39(4):663–672. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.014

Table 2.

Fixed, Variable, and Total Costs for Each Intervention Arm

ATSM NASM
Fixed Costs
Server 3,430 3,430
Hosting 600 600
Security 1,004 1,004
Publish Symptom Guide 2,912 2,912
Information Technology 890 3,116
Software Programs and
Lease		 5,635 67,677
Hardware/Software
Maintenance and
Management		 42,120 10,000
Nurse Interviewer
Training		 9,360a
Total Fixed Costs $60,577 $102,185
     Variable Costs
Telephone Costs at
$.36/min		 1.89 hrs/ × $.36/min
$41.00		 5.5 hrs × $30/hr
Nurse Salary × 1.3
Fringe = $214.50+$.36
= $188.80 = $333.30
Personnel Coordination
Time		 1.89 hrs × .5 = .95 ×
$14 × 1.3
$17.29		 5.5 hrs × .15 = .82
× $14/hr × 1.3 =
$14.92
Quality Assurance Time 1.89 hrs × .1 =
.19 × $25 × 1.3
$6.14		 5.5 hrs × .3 = 1.65
× $30/hr × 1.3
$64.35
Variable Costs per
Patient 		$64.43 $412.57
Patients 173 173
Total Variable Costs $11146 $71374
Total Costs $71723 $173,559
Total Cost per patient $414.59 $1003.23
a

6 nurses × 40/hrs × 30 hrs 30% fringe benefits