Appendix Table 1.

Labor, material, and program management costs of mailed outreach

Activity	Cost
Labor
Phone calls
Invitation	RA time ($22 per hour) × total call time
Positive FIT	RA time ($22 per hour) × total call time
Cancelled FIT	RA time ($22 per hour) × total call time
Colonoscopy reminder	RA time ($22 per hour) × total call time
Letters
FIT invitation letter	RA time ($22 per hour) × 3 minutes per letter
Colonoscopy invitation letter	RA time ($22 per hour) × 1 minute per letter
Results letter	NP time to generate ($45 per hour) × 1 minute per letter
	RA time to send ($22 per hour) × 1 minute per letter
FIT orders	NP time ($45 per hour) × 1.5 minutes per order
Colonoscopy orders	NP time ($45 per hour) × 2 minutes per order
Clinical review (for colonoscopy)	NP time to route ($45 per hour) × 0.5 minutes per colonoscopy
	Clinical access coordinator time to review ($42 per hour) × 5 minutes per colonoscopy
	NP time to enter data ($45 per hour) × 1 minute per colonoscopy
GI lab processing (for FITs)	Med tech time ($27 per hour) × 80 FITs per hour
Materials
FIT invitation letter	$1.54 (includes $0.34 for paper and $1.20 for postage
Polymedco FIT	$6.90 per test
FIT results letter	$0.71 (includes $0.22 for paper and $0.49 for postage)
Colonoscopy invitation letter	$0.71 (includes $0.22 for paper and $0.49 for postage)
Bowel preparation kit	$21.05 (includes $11.05 for supplies and $10.00 for postage)
Colonoscopy	Per transaction data from EHR
Program management
Data analyst (hourly)	$40 per hour × 20 hours per year
Project coordinator (30% FTE)	$19,800 per year (based on annual salary of $66,000)

Abbreviations: RA, research assistant; NP, nurse practitioner; FIT, fecal immunochemical test; EHR, electronic health record; FTE, full time equivalent