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Table 3 Data collection for cost effectiveness analysis

From: Web-based smoking cessation intervention that transitions from inpatient to outpatient: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Costa

Tier

Data item

Description

Valuation

Cost of usual care

1

LHC staff time

LHC staff time spent at bedside

Average time per patient

 

1

Hospital nurse time

Time spent by assigned nurse assembling discharge packet (containing usual care)

Average time per patient

 

1

Materials

Cost of printing

Actual costs

Cost of intervention

1

Hospital Quit Staff training

Time of trainers and trainees, materials, and so on

Study records

 

1

Hospital Quit Staff time

Time spent on each patient in preparation, implementation, and documentation of website registration/orientation and 7-14 days post-discharge follow-up call

Average time per patientWeb tracking

 

1

Quit Advisor time

Time spent on each patient in preparation, implementation, and documentation of responses to patient-generated messages

Average time per message

 

1

Patient materials

Brochures, booklets, and so on

Study records

 

1

Web site implementation (not development)

(To be determined, though may contain maintenance, servers, programming, content updating, emailing, and so on)

Study records

 

1

Time of participant on website

Time recorded on website per personal login; number, frequency, and content of messaging to Quit Advisor through the Decide2Quit website

Website tracking

 

Month/Source

    

0

3

6

12

Healthcare-related costs

2

Health care utilization

Hospitalizations, outpatient visits, procedures, Emergency Room visits (last 6 months) (No/Yes - # times)

X

 

X

X

 

2

Time cost related to care

Time (hours) off work for participant and others who accompany participant to visits

X

 

X

X

   

Gender-age group average wages for the state

Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

2

Out-of-pocket (OOP) costs

Copayments, deductibles, transportation, parking, meals, and so on (including caregivers, when applicable) (last 6 months)

X

 

X

X

 

2

Costs to health care payers

Reimbursements to health care payers according to type of care

Hospital bills / Medicare reimbursements

 

2

Medicines

Copayments, deductibles, OOP costs (last 6 months)

X

 

X

X

   

Wholesale price for health care payers

Red Book

Smoking cessation products / programs costs

3

OOP costs

Co-payments, and so on. (last 6 months)

X

 

X

X

 

2

Reimbursements

Reimbursements for health care payers

TBD

Quality of life

2

EQ-5D-5L[26]

 

X

 

X

X

 

3

SF-12

 

X

 

X

X

  1. aAll costs will be expressed in the same year of currency.
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