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. 2020 May 5;15:28. doi: 10.1186/s13012-020-00993-1

Table 2.

Sample costing matrix

Actions Temporality Actors Action frequency Action unit duration Total time spent Wage rate Total cost
Implementation strategy name Action 1

Period action enacted

Action start and end date

Actor A # Hours Hours $/hour $
Actor B # Hours Hours $/hour $
Action 2

Period action enacted

Action start and end date

Actor C # Hours Hours $/hour $
Action 3

Period action enacted

Action start and end date

Actor A # Hours Hours $/hour $
Actor B # Hours Hours $/hour $

Implementation strategy name: label consistent with the existing guidelines and taxonomies in the literature

Actions: what needs to be done for the successful execution of the implementation strategy, listed as concrete, observable, quantifiable events

Temporality: timeline (start and end dates) of the action

Actors: who will enact the action

Action frequency: how many times the action is performed

Action unit duration: average duration of a single occurrence of the action