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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adm Policy Ment Health. 2016 Jul;43(4):604–615. doi: 10.1007/s10488-015-0669-2

Table 4. Univariate sensitivity analyses.

Cost scenarios
Health system perspective Societal perspective
Scenario A
Intervention
delivery only		 Scenario B
Intervention
delivery +
recruitment		 Scenario C
Intervention
delivery +
recruitment
costs –
reduced
hospitalizations		 Scenario D
Intervention
delivery +
recruitment
and participant
costs –
reduced
hospitalizations
Overhead rate (reduced to 30% from 58%)
Total Cost $394,948 $486,612 $349,112 $466.504
Fasting glucose (cost per mg/dL
reduced)
 87 participants1 486 598 429 573
 104 participants2 406 500 359 480
Weight (cost per kg reduced)
 87 participants1 1,688 2,079 1,492 1,993
 104 participants2 1,412 1,739 1,248 1,668
Fringe rate (reduced to 30%
from 45%)
Total Cost $433,411 $533,294 $395,794 $513,186
Fasting glucose (cost per mg/dL
reduced)
 87 participants1 533 656 487 631
 104 participants2 446 548 407 528
Weight (cost per kg reduced)
 87 participants1 1,852 2,279 1,691 2,193
 104 participants2 1,549 1,906 1,415 1,834
Hospitalization costs (reduced to $6,250 from $12,500)
Total Cost $480,013 $591,421 $522,671 $640,063
Fasting glucose (cost per mg/dL
reduced)
 87 participants1 590 727 643 787
 104 participants2 494 608 538 658
Weight (cost per kg reduced)
 87 participants1 2,051 2,527 2,233 2,735
 104 participants2 1,716 2,114 1,868 2,288
Salaries (125% of baseline)
Total Cost $592,634 $731,893 $594,393 $711,785
Fasting glucose (cost per mg/dL
reduced)
 87 participants1 729 900 731 875
 104 participants2 609 753 611 732
Weight (cost per kg reduced)
 87 participants1 2,532 3,127 2,540 3,041
 104 participants2 2,118 2,616 2,125 2,544
Salaries (75% of baseline)
Total Cost $367,392 $450,948 $313,448 $430,840
Fasting glucose (cost per mg/dL
reduced)
 87 participants1 452 554 385 530
 104 participants2 378 464 322 443
Weight (cost per kg reduced)
 87 participants1 1,570 1,927 1,339 1,841
 104 participants2 1,313 1,612 1,120 1,540
1

n=87 participants who are 12 month “completers”; these individuals have relevant weight and questionnaire data at 12 months.

2

n=104 participants who were randomized to the intervention; these analyses are based on intent to treat.