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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 20.
Published in final edited form as: Health Educ Behav. 2011 Apr 1;38(3):293–300. doi: 10.1177/1090198110372879

Table 4.

Incremental Costs and Effects by Recruitment Strategy

Recruitment Strategy Recruitment costsa Incremental costsb Effects: # Enrolled Incremental Effects: # Enrolled Incremental costs per # enrolled
Reactive: Radio $1078 - - 6 - - Referent
Reactive: Newspaper $1276 $198 25 19 $10
Proactive: Informal Settings $1834 $558 104 79 $7
Proactive: Formal Settings $2850 $986 152 48 $21
Reactive: Flyer $4971 $2121 7 - - Dominated c
a

Costs are rounded to the nearest dollar.

b

Incremental costs (and effects) are calculated as the difference between a less expensive strategy and the next most expensive alternative.

c

Dominated indicates that the recruitment strategy costs more and is less effective and therefore would not be considered a viable strategy.