Table 4.
Unit costs and how these are measured and valued.
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Method to measure resource use | How it is valued (source of unit cost) | Remarks and examples | |||||
| Cost within health care | ||||||||
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Health care costs | Continence diary and resource measurement questionnaire | Dutch reference prices | Staff costs of continence care and all health care resources used, including medication | |||
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Related costs | Estimation based on continence diary | Dutch reference prices | Laundry and waste disposal costs | |||
| Intervention costs | ||||||||
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Material costs (disposable) | Continence diary | Market price | Incontinence material, gloves, bathing gloves, and skincare | |||
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Material costs (reusable) | Long-term care provider and supplier | Market price | Only applicable for the intervention group; clips, receivers, and care phones (optional) | |||
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Licensing fee for smart continence care | Number of days per user | Market price | Only applicable for the intervention group | |||
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Education and instructions to caregivers on the intervention | Information from the project leader at the long-term care provider | Dutch reference prices | Use Dutch guideline for costing to calculate | |||
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Costs of ICTa for the implementation and facilitation of the intervention within the long-term care provider | Information from the project leader at long-term care provider | Salary ICT | Use Dutch guideline for costing to calculate | |||
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Costs of project managing the implementation and facilitation of the intervention within the long-term care provider | Information from the project leader at long-term care provider | Dutch reference prices | Use Dutch guideline for costing to calculate | |||
| Cost for the participants and their families | ||||||||
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Costs of nonvisit because of continence leakage | Expert opinion | Not valued in monetary terms | Expert opinion is needed to estimate the impact | |||
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Costs of shorter visits because of leakage | Expert opinion | Not valued in monetary terms | Expert opinion is needed to estimate the impact | |||
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Costs of change in leisure activities | General questionnaire and expert opinion | Not valued in monetary terms | Expert opinion is needed to estimate the impact | |||
aICT: information and communication technology.