TABLE 2.

Estimated Costs for Development and Implementation of the Copay and IBD Policies (2003 Canadian Dollars)

Component	Sub-Component	Copay Policy Labor	IBD Policy
			Labor	Capital
Fixed costs		(June 2001–November 2001)	(June 2001–April 2003)
Analysis and preparation	Analysis	32,500	132,500
	Management	25,000	200,000
	Administrative support	12,500	12,500
Sub-totals		70,000	345,000
Building registration system	Hardware/software			5,000,000
System interface enhancements	Technical	200,000	900,000
	Management		50,000
	Administrative support		50,000
Sub-totals		200,000	1,000,000
Initial registration volumes	Retrofit existing databases to bulk load families		100,000
	Assisting clients registration		500,000
	One-time communications push	100,000	100,000	2,000,000
	Administrative review/exceptions processing		500,000
Sub-totals		100,000	1,200,000	2,000,000
Variable costs			(May 2003–February 2004)
Ongoing costs	New registrations		500,000
	Maintenance of family membership list		300,000
	Facilities management		250,000
	Administrative review/exceptions processing		250,000
	Annual renewal process		100,000
Sub-totals			1,400,000
Total		370,000	3,945,000	7,000,000
Portion of drug plan expenditure spent on inhalers for affected patients		×5.57%	×4.18%	×4.18%
Inhaler therapy share of policy development costs		20,597	164,839	292,490