Table 2.
Summary of eTOEP implementation costs
| Cost categories | Implementation costs |
|---|---|
| Personnel | (2 years; US$) |
| Lead Investigator | 8,160 |
| Manager | 13,864 |
| Project Director | 69,000 |
| Coordinator | 96,750 |
| Trainer | 96,750 |
| Capital | |
| Note-taking materials | 231 |
| CDC smoking books | 4,899 |
| Supplies | |
| Office posters | 1,000 |
| Personalized program | 30,000 |
| Pre-training costs | |
| Advertising | 5,801 |
| Room rental | 65 |
| Office supplies | 4,034 |
| Conference services | 1,500 |
| Actual training day costs | |
| Trainers (presenters) | 22,203 |
| Education materials | 2,622 |
| Auxillary, internet-based | 19,746 |
| Maintenance costs | |
| Gifts (e.g., calendars) | 781 |
| Providers' training time costs | |
| Physicians | 1,009 |
| Pharmacists | 585 |
| Physicians and pharmacists | 1,594 |
Abbreviations: eTOEP, The Health Care Team Approach to Smoking Cessation: Enhanced Tobacco Outreach Education Program
Provider training time cost calculation
Mean hourly wage of a pharmacist, 2003 US dollars = $39.03
Mean hourly wage of a family and general practitioner, 2003 US dollars = $67.24 (Source: US Bureau of Labor statistics)
The tobacco intervention training was 3 hours long.
Overall, 16 communities participated in the trial.
Overall, there were 87 physicians and 83 pharmacists.
Therefore, let us assume that at one site there are 5 physicians and 5 pharmacists.
Therefore, the total cost incurred to provide training to physicians at one site = 5 × 3 × 67.24 = US$1,008.60
And the total cost incurred to train pharmacists at one site = 5 × 3 × 39.03 = US$585.45
The total costs incurred training physicians and pharmacists = US$1,594.05