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. 2019 Jul 26;18(2):271–285. doi: 10.1007/s40258-019-00498-z

Table 3.

Incremental costs of the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) intervention

 Costs Total costs (£, 2018/19 values)
Non-recurrent costs
 Materialsa 17,007
 PATHS coach traininga 4002
 Initial full-day teacher training for original teachersb 18,294
 Total non-recurrent costs 39,323
Recurrent costs
 Ongoing support 25,916
 Follow-up half-day teacher training for original teachers 12,501
 Training replacements for year 4 and 5 teachers leaving at the end of the school year (trained with year 6 teachers in year 2)
   Initial full-day trainingc 1664
   Follow-up half-day training 1302
 Training replacements for teachers leaving mid-school year
   Initial full-day trainingc 4278
   Follow-up half-day training 2889
Total recurrent costs 48,550
Total intervention costs (all schools) 87,873
Cost per child 32.01

All costs discounted at 3.5% per year and inflated to 2018/19 values using the retail price index

aAnnuitized over 5-year expected intervention life at 3.5% per year

bAnnuitized over the 2.75-year within-trial expected length of teacher service (given 36.36% teacher turnover rate) at 3.5% per year

cAlthough recurrent, this training is still annuitized as it will have an effect beyond the trial period