Table 4 –
Implementation and maintenance costs for various population sizes: Resource categories and per person costs to implement and maintain the PATIENT intervention.
| Population size | As-delivered cost ($) |
Replication cost ($) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVR | IVR+ | IVR | IVR+ | |
| 10,000 | ||||
| Fixed labor | 28.63 | 41.03 | 8.67 | 13.38 |
| Variable labor | 0.20 | 3.36 | 0.20 | 3.36 |
| Nonlabor (variable) | 5.65 | 27.36 | 5.65 | 27.36 |
| Total per person | 34.48 | 71.75 | 14.52 | 44.10 |
| 25,000 | ||||
| Fixed labor | 11.45 | 16.41 | 3.47 | 5.35 |
| Variable labor | 0.20 | 3.36 | 0.20 | 3.36 |
| Nonlabor (variable) | 5.65 | 27.36 | 5.65 | 27.36 |
| Total per person | 17.30 | 47.13 | 9.32 | 36.07 |
| 40,000 | ||||
| Fixed labor | 8.37 | 12.07 | 2.56 | 3.97 |
| Variable labor | 0.20 | 3.36 | 0.20 | 3.36 |
| Nonlabor (variable) | 5.65 | 27.36 | 5.65 | 27.36 |
| Total per person | 14.22 | 42.79 | 8.41 | 34.69 |
IVR, interactive voice recognition; IVR+, IVR plus educational materials; PATIENT, Promoting Adherence To Improve the Effectiveness of cardiovascular disease Therapies.