Table 5.
Costs per enrolled participant by media type.a
Study authors (year) | Cost per enrolled participant | ||
|
Social media | Traditional methods | Other online media |
Abbate et al (2017) [20] | N/Ab | US $8.28c | N/A |
Adam et al (2016) [21] | Can $20.28 | Can $24.15 | N/A |
Bracken et al (2019) [23] | N/A | Aus $594 | N/A |
Frandsen et al (2014) [27] | Aus $56.34 | Aus $52.33 | N/A |
Frandsen et al (2016) [9] | Aus $42.34 | Aus $21.52 | N/A |
Guthrie et al (2019) [28] | US $593 | US $356 | N/A |
Heffner et al (2013) [29] | US $172.76 | US $5.27-$46.98 | US $26.19-$50.26 |
Huesch et al (2018) [30] | US $18 | US $635 | N/A |
Ince et al (2014) [31] | €5.33 | N/A | N/A |
Jones et al (2017) [33] | US $66.46 | US $149.62 | N/A |
Juraschek et al (2018) [34] | US $1426 | US $436-$917 | N/A |
Kayrouz et al (2016) [10] | US $37 | US $40 | N/A |
Kendall et al (2018) [35] | N/A | Aus $2141c | N/A |
Nash et al (2017) [38] | Aus $45.15-$176 | N/A | N/A |
Partridge et al (2015) [39] | Aus $945.33 | Aus $144.52-$212.51 | Aus $11.98-$571.45 |
Raviotta et al (2016) [41] | US $110 | US $61 | N/A |
Volkova et al (2017) [46] | NZ $5d | NZ $4-$179 | NZ $4 |
Waltman et al (2019) [47] | US $119.38 | US $29.36-$926.90 | US $1000 |
Watson et al (2018) [48] | US $40.51 | US $20.30 | US $13.95-34.71 |
aCurrency exchange rates of Can $1=US $0.75, Aus $1=US $0.72, €1=US $1.17, and NZ $1=US $0.66 were applicable at the time of publication.
bN/A: not applicable.
cCost per enrolled participant across all media.
dIncludes cost using Craigslist.