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Table 2 Labor hours and costs of implementation

From: A budget impact analysis of cost to implement a whole child health focused, family-based intervention in primary care for children with elevated BMI

Labor activities

Na

Na

Imp prep hours

Imp hours

Total hours

Total imp prep hours (%)

Total imp hours (%)

Hours by support team (%)

Hours by support team (%)

Total imp prep cost

Total imp cost

Total cost

Total imp cost (%)

Costs by support teamb (%)

Costs by support teamc (%)

Direct intervention delivery (variable costs)

 Facilitator/family meeting time (FACL hours)

-

-

-

397

397

-

7%

-

100%

-

$10,865

$10,865

5%

-

100%

 Assessment (waves 1–4)

-

-

-

1270

1270

-

22%

-

100%

-

$28,184

$28,184

12%

-

100%

 Mileage reimbursement (families/facilitators)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

$10,138

$10,138

5%

-

100%

 Other travel costs by implementers (time traveled to sessions)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

$2248

$2248

1%

-

100%

Intervention delivery infrastructure and planning

 Developing or tailoring intervention materials/assessment tech

9

9

662

1442

2104

22%

25%

100%

100%

$24,260

$39,776

$64,036

17%

16%

100%

 Meetings regarding clinical activities

12

8

141

94

235

5%

2%

92%

100%

$6701

$4408

$11,109

2%

4%

100%

 Consultation preparation

-

5

-

203

203

-

3%

-

100%

-

$13,523

$13,523

6%

-

100%

 Coach consultation

-

1

-

64

64

-

1%

-

100%

-

$2473

$2473

1%

-

100%

Training and supervision

 Tailoring training materials

10

6

391

83

474

13%

1%

90%

100%

$17,292

$3289

$20,581

1%

11%

100%

 Meetings regarding training activities

11

8

114

130

244

4%

2%

91%

99%

$6051

$6222

$12,273

3%

4%

99%

 Consultation/supervision

1

12

2

225

227

 < 0.1%

4%

100%

100%

$125

$11,260

$11,385

5%

 < 0.1%

100%

 Participating in training

23

5

520

122

672

17%

2%

48%

100%

$22,586

$6502

$29,088

3%

15%

100%

Materials

 Reviewing new or revised materials

11

7

107

125

232

4%

2%

100%

100%

$4784

$4982

$9766

2%

3%

100%

Administrative delivery support

 Meetings about delivery plan

49

12

281

417

698

9%

7%

18%

96%

$17,756

$20,375

$38,131

9%

12%

95%

 Developing infrastructure to support delivery

7

3

81

78

159

3%

1%

100%

100%

$4164

$3222

$7386

1%

3%

100%

Administrative

 Email communication

15

11

328

500

828

11%

9%

73%

99%

$16,153

$22,870

$39,023

10%

11%

99%

 Hiring clinical staff

6

3

44

18

62

1%

 < 0.5%

100%

100%

$3059

$769

$3828

 < 0.3%

2%

100%

Practice engagement/community advisory board

 Meeting time

-

98

-

694

-

-

12%

-

49%

-

$44,483

$44,483

19%

-

49%

Total

-

-

2671

5860

8531

 

100%

-

-

$122,931

$235,587

$358,518

100%

-

-

  1. Imp Prep, implementation preparation phase activities; Imp, implementation phase activities. Imp Prep phase costs are those reported in Jordan et al. 2019, Prev Sci but have been inflation adjusted to 2021dollars to match Imp phase costs
  2. aIndividuals can be counted in multiple categories
  3. b13% of hours and 11% of costs were accrued by the clinic staff, and 1% of hours and 2% of costs were accrued by the community advisory board
  4. c4% of hours and 5% of costs were accrued by the clinic staff, and 2% of hours and 5% of costs were accrued by the community advisory board
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