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Table 1 Breakdown of development and implementation costs

From: Audit feedback interventions to address high-risk prescriptions in long-term care homes: a costing study and return on investment analysis

 

Description

Cost (C$)

% of sub-total

Development phase

Report production

Content development

46179

27.80%

Editing

1827

1.10%

Technical infrastructure

Development of feedback survey

2062

1.24%

Technical development of web portal

6987

4.21%

Data acquisition and analysis

Indicator development and third-party vendor costs for data

58613

35.28%

Administrative support

Scheduling of meetings

3197

1.92%

Management

Resource, partnership, and relationship management

47252

28.45%

Total

 

166116

100.00%

Implementation phase (3 report releases)

Data acquisition and analysis

Third party vendor costs for data

8971

15.58%

Fact checking and quality assurance

Ensuring report accuracy

31767

55.18%

Project management coordination support

Support (online- and telephone-based) for queries by participants and timeline revisions

3447

5.99%

Outreach

Generating FAQs and website pop up feature

6569

11.41%

Administrative support

Scheduling of meetings

1776

3.08%

Management

Resource, partnership, and relationship management

5045

8.76%

Total

 

57575

100.00%

  1. Abbreviations: A&F audit feedback, FAQs frequently asked questions