Table 3.
References for Price Estimates for Intervention Personnel, Equipment, Productivity Losses, and Other Costs
| Category | Type of cost | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health services |
Dental services | The American Dental Association (ADA) 2009 Survey of Dental Fees includes national summary statistics of fees charged by dentists. |
http://www.ada.org/1619.aspx* |
| Medicaid reimbursement: The ADA Medicaid Compendium Update provides Medicaid reimbursements for all states for select dental services. |
2008 fees http://www.ada.org/2123.aspx (other source: 2004 fees http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/ada/20973/) |
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| Consumer price index |
Medical services: Use the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics website and type in the series identification number. Use CUUR0000SAM for medical care. Use CUUR0000SEMC01 for physician services. |
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/srgate | |
| Dental services Use the US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics website and type in the series identification number. Use CUUR0000SEMC02 for dental services. |
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/srgate | ||
| Productivity losses |
Wages foregone | Annual and hourly wages for all US states | http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oessrcst.htm |
| Benefits foregone Value of a lost day |
Estimates of benefits are only available at the federal level. Estimates for time of persons who work and who do not work |
http://www.bls.gov/data/#wages Table I.1(a)-(c) in Prevention Effectiveness, A Guide to Decision Analysis and Economic Evaluation (19)* |
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| Capital | Equipment | There are several publically available online sources. Authors list two. |
www.buydentalequipment.com www.ebay.com |
| Annuity factor | To estimate the annual cost of capital equipment, authors recommend using annuity factors based on a 3% discount rate, per recommendation of the US Panel on Cost-effectiveness in Health and Medicine (16), and equipment useful lives ranging from 1 to 25 years. |
Table 2 of Appendix C in SEALS Users Manual available at http://www.chawisconsin.org/sas.htm |
Note that nearly all of the listed references may be accessed free of charge. Those marked with an
*
require payment to purchase.