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. 2017 Jul 14;17:101. doi: 10.1186/s12874-017-0374-9

Table 1.

Cost Breakdown for Supplemental Recruitment Methods

Purchase Cost
Community Outreach
 Necessary Equipment (Penn CAREs Grant) $2000.00
 Optical Coherence Tomography (lease per year) $19,392.00
 Pamphlets about POAAGG Study $1195.00
 Subject Blood Collectiona (26 subjects) $73.32
 Subject Gift Cards† (102 subjects) $1020.00
 Subject Spit Kits‡ (76 subjects) $1140.00
 Personnel Time to Prepare and Conduct Event $9248.00
 Van Purchase $20,180.00
 Van Storage (per year) $3818.00
Total (102 enrolled subjects) $58,066.32
Total Per Subject $569.28
In-reach Screenings
 Advertisement via SEPTA Ads $3050.00
 Necessary Equipment (Penn CAREs Grant) $2000.00
 Optical Coherence Tomography (lease per year) $19,392.00
 Subject Blood Collection (3 subjects) $8.46
 Subject Gift Cards (45 subjects) $450.00
 Subject Spit Kits (42 subjects) $630.00
 Personnel Time $1721.25
Total (45 enrolled subjects) $27,251.71
Total Per Subject $605.59
Expansion to External Sites
 Subject Gift Cards (850 subjects) $8500.00
 Subject Spit Kits $12,750.00
 POAAGG Personnel Time at Private Practice $45,344.00
 POAAGG Personnel Time at Temple $9384.00
 POAAGG Physician Time for Subject Reclassifiction $4666.61
 Staff Transportation to Private Practice $1908.00
 Staff Transportation to Temple $400.50
Total (850 enrolled subjects) $82,953.11
Total Per Subject $84.82
PMBB
 Mailing of Opt-Out Cards $721.70
 Mailing of POAAGG Brochures $4159.00
 Personnel Time for Review of PMBB Patient Records $4511.04
Total (2073 enrolled subjects) $9391.74
Total Per Subject $4.53

aBlood Collection: $2.82 /subject; †Gift cards: $10/subject; ‡ Spit Kits: $15/subject