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. 2018 Mar 14;9:104. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00104

Table 2.

Summary of unit cost information, data sources, and assumptions for intervention delivery.

Type of cost Description Unit costs Source Assumptions
Group meeting

Number of group meetings On average five parental units per group meeting with both parents being present 1 Primrose manual
Length of meetinga 1 h and 23 min Primrose database
Nurse 17.9 Euro/h Statistics Sweden, salary statistics Primrose database Average wage rate
Parentsb
Father (7.7%) Mother (53.2%) 18.5 Euro/h 14.3 Euro/h Statistics Sweden, salary statistics, estimate Average wage rate

Other costs

Travel Two-way ride 5 Euro Estimate Average collective communication cost for short distance

Individual meeting

Number of individual meetings 6 Primrose manual
Length of meetinga 53 min Primrose database
Nurse 17.9 Euro/h Statistics Sweden, salary statistics Primrose database Average wage rate
Parentsb
Father (7.8%) Mother (54.1%) 18.5 Euro/h 14.3 Euro/h Statistics Sweden, salary statistics, estimate Average wage rate

Telephone meeting

Number of telephone meetings 2 Primrose manual
Length of meetinga 22 min Primrose database
Nurse 17.9 Euro/h Statistics Sweden, salary statistics Primrose database Average wage rate
Parentsb
Father (8.9%) Mother (77%) 18.5 Euro/h 14.3 Euro/h Statistics Sweden, salary statistics, estimate Average wage rate

aMean length reported in the trial.

bPercentage refers to parental presence during the meetings, otherwise both parents were present.