Table 4. Resource utilization and costs from the USHER Trial Counselor Arm.
| N (per counselor per year) | Responsible staff member | Mean annual salary (mean weekly hours) | Mean time per patient (minutes, SD) | Mean cost per patient (US$)† | ||
| COUNSELOR ARM | ||||||
| HIV test offer | 1,498 | Counselor | $32,000 (40) | 3.82 (3.21) | 0.98 | |
| Conducting HIV Test | 1,032 | Counselor | $32,000 (40) | 20 | 5.13 | |
| Reviewing results (neg) | 1,008 | Counselor | $32,000 (40) | 1.51 (1.22) | 0.39 | |
| Review results (reactive) | 24 | Counselor | $32,000 (40) | 9.83 (8.17) | 2.52 | |
| Cost per result received * | 31.00 |
SD: Standard deviation.
*The estimate was obtained by dividing the annual counselor salary by the number of patients per year per counselor receiving test results in the counselor arm. We have intentionally applied a conservative calculation of the cost per result received in the counselor arm, by accounting for all counselor downtime.
†
Costs in this column are exclusive of downtime; this column multiplies the mean time per patient by the cost per minute of a counselor. This column is shown simply for comparison to the provider strategy and is not used in the cost-effectiveness analysis.