Table 2.
Number of Personnel and Volunteer Hours, Miles Traveled, Doses of Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) Vaccine Administered and Associated Costs Attributable to the Third-Dose MMR Vaccination at the University of Iowa, by Institution and Type of Activity, November 10–19, 2016
| Activity | Personnel Hours, Other Inputs, and Costs (%) | Total Units (%) | Total Costs (%), $a | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JCPH | IDPH | University of Iowa | Volunteers | |||
| Personnel hours | ||||||
| Preparing for clinics (planning meetings, setting up clinics) | 159 (55) |
16 (6) |
115 (39) |
- | 290 (22) | 19 444 (25) |
| Develop/distribute information materials about clinics | 9 (10) | - | 77 (90) | - | 86 (6) | 7328 (9) |
| Time spent at the vaccination clinics, h | 135 (14) | 28 (3) | 238.5 (25) | 556 (58) | 957.5 (72) | 50 836 (66) |
| Total hours (%) | 303 (23) | 44 (3) | 430.5 (32) | 556 (42) | 1333.5b | |
| Personnel costs (%), $ | 16 226 (21) | 2622 (3) | 41 180 (53) | 17 580 (23) | 77 608 | |
| Other inputs | ||||||
| Miles traveled | 106 | 574 | 680 (100) | 265c | ||
| MMR vaccine doses administered | 1240 | 3496 | 4736 (100) | 213 495 | ||
| Other inputs costs, $ | 41 | 24 900 | 188 819 | 213 760 | ||
| Total costs, $ | 16 267 | 27 522 | 229 999 | 17 580 | 291 368 | |
Abbreviations: IDPH, Iowa Department of Public Health; JCPH, Johnson County Public Health; MMR, measles-mumps-rubella.
aTotal costs calculated as hourly earnings+fringe benefits+overhead cost. The rate of overhead cost was specific to each institution and varied from 17.2% to 29.5%. For volunteers, the mean hourly earnings for Iowa from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for specific occupational codes were uses, no fringe benefits attributed.
bOut of total hours, 76 hours (6%) were self-reported as overtime.
cCosts of miles were calculated by using the IDPH reimbursement rate of $0.39/mile.
dUnitary costs were $54.01 for the MMR doses privately purchased by the university and $19.90 for the MMR doses administered to Vaccines for Children–eligible students.