Table 5 Costs of intervention aimed at reducing antibiotic prescribing in primary care
Activity | Units | Cost per unit (€) | Cost (€) |
|---|---|---|---|
Identification of knowledge and attitudesa | |||
Staff b | 2 months | 2458.33 | 4916.66 |
Administrative support | Various | 1599 | |
Materials: letters, questionnaires, envelopes, postage stamps | 4780 | Various | 4842.45 |
Intervention study | |||
On-line course | |||
Staff | 1 month | 2458.33 | 2458.33 |
On-line course (website programming and maintenance) | 1 | 10,030 | 10,030 |
On-line course (contents) | 1 | 2000 | 2000 |
Materials: overhead projector for presentations | 1 | 500 | 500 |
Outreach visit | |||
Staff a | 6 months | 2458.33 | 14,750 |
Travel and per diem expenses | Various | Various | 3133.11 |
Telephone | 6 | 20 | 120 |
Materials: leaflets for patients in health centre waiting rooms | 45,000 | 0.0226 | 1017 |
Costs for the participants | |||
Physicians (sessions: 1 h) | 409 | 23 | 9407 |
Physicians (course: 10 h) | 222 | 230 | 51,060 |
Total cost of intervention group (n = 1217) | 1217 | – | 105,833.55 |
Mean cost per physician (by intention-to-treat) | – | – | 86.96 |