Table II.

Patient Navigator Employment, Training and Supervision Costs

	Core	Optional
Employment	HR costs for recruitment, hiring and orientation of PNs Wage and benefits of PNs
Examples:	Yearly employment costs of 3 PNs $1,326 HR recruitment, hiring (=3 × 17hr × $26/hr) $600 PN background check and occupational health visit (=3 × $200) $117,698~$133,305 wage + fringe (lay PN) (=3 × 2050hr × 1.226a × ($15.61/hr~$17.68/hr))
Training	Site specific PN training PN training, including tuition, travel, PN time PN continuing education including registration, travel, and PN time PN time spent in supervision, care and team conferences	Curriculum development
Examples:	Yearly training costs of 3 PNs $1,722~$1,951 PN training and continuing education (=3 × 30hr × 1.226 × ($15.61/hr~ $17.68/hr))
Supervision & Administrative	Supervision by senior patient navigators Supervision by non-PN personnel Administrative support services
Examples:	Yearly supervision & administrative costs for 3 PNs $8,313 program manager/ supervisor (=5hr/wk × 1.226 × $26.08/hr) $1,0.84 administrative support (=1hr/wk × 1.226 × $17.00/hr)

Note: All costs are expressed in 2010 US dollars; a: 22.6% fringe benefits.