Table 2.

Unit Costs for the Behavioral Intervention

Item	Unit Cost	Source	Total Cost
Fixed Costs
Start-up costsa
Desktop computer with monitor	$900	http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/101335/HP-Pavilion-Desktop-Computer-Bundle-With/	$180/y
Fax, printer, copier, scanner	$1150	http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/389405/Xerox-Phaser-multifunction-color/	$230/y
Telephone	$18	http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/504336/GE-Corded-Speakerphone-With-Memory-White/	$3.60/y
Chair	$140	http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/525369/Office-Brand-Pillow-Mesh-Fabric-Chair/	$28/y
Desk	$130	http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/850987/Office-Dawson-Computer-Desk-x-59/	$26/y
File cabinet	$140	http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/679024/Office-Brand-Vertical-Letter-File-Light/	$28/y
Ongoing Fixed Costs
Office space (64 sq ft)	$24/sq ft/y	http://www.lincolnharris.com/Properties/?Type=2	$1536/y
Telephone service with voice mail (small business rate)	$55.75/mo	https://smallbusiness.bellsouth.com/newlocal/step02LS.asp	$669/y
Personnel Costs
Nurse salary and fringe	$51,703/y	Administrative records, 5 days per week, 6 hours per day	$51,703/y
Fixed cost per year			$54,404/y
Variable Costsb
Toner	$0.12/page	Administrative records, 61.4 color pages per patient: http://www.office.xerox.com/latest/OPBFS-13.PDF	$7.36/patient
Paper	$0.023/page	Administrative records, 61.4 color sheets per patient: http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/565565/Inkjet-Paper-8-x-24-98/	$1.40/patient
Postage stamps	$0.39/unit	Administrative records, 9.1 stamps per patient	$10.53/patient
Envelopes	$0.1399/unit	Administrative records, 3 envelopes per patient	$0.42/patient
Variable cost per patient			$19.71/patient

^aAssumed that costs were allocated over 5 years at a 0% discount rate and with no residual value.

^bVariable costs for producing and mailing patient education materials.