From: A pragmatic method for costing implementation strategies using time-driven activity-based costing
Implementation strategy | Actions | Temporality | Actors | Action frequency | Action unit duration (hours) | Total time spent on action (hours) | Actor wage rate ($) | Total cost ($) |
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX |
Initial work for site readiness | Meet with partners in person | Pre-implementation, weekly for 3 months (i.e., 12 times) Action start and end date | 1 general practice facilitator | 12 | 2 | 24 | 50 | 1200 |
1 site administrator | 12 | 2 | 24 | 45 | 1080 | |||
3 clinicians | 12 | 2 | 72 | 55 | 3960 | |||
Travel time to in-person meetings with partners | Pre-implementation, weekly for 3 months Action start and end date | 1 general practice facilitator | 12 | 1 | 12 | 50 | 600 | |
Communicate with partners via phone | Pre-implementation, weekly for 3 months Action start and end date | 1 general practice facilitator | 24 | 0.5 | 12 | 50 | 600 | |
1 site administrator | 24 | 0.5 | 12 | 45 | 540 | |||
Communicate with partners via email | Pre-implementation, weekly for 3 months Action start and end date | 1 general practice facilitator | 60 | 0.25 | 15 | 50 | 750 | |
1 site administrator | 60 | 0.25 | 15 | 45 | 675 | |||
Initial training of partners | Meet with partners in person to deliver the training workshop | Pre-implementation, 2 full days Action start and end date | 1 practice facilitator | 2 | 8 | 16 | 50 | 800 |
1 site administrator | 2 | 8 | 16 | 45 | 720 | |||
3 clinicians | 2 | 8 | 48 | 55 | 2640 | |||
Monitor training workshop via videoconferencing | Pre-implementation, 2 full days Action start and end date | 1 expert consultant | 2 | 8 | 16 | 65 | 1040 | |
Ongoing administrative support | Meet with partners via videoconferencing for administrative issues | Implementation, biweekly for 12 months Action start and end date | 1 practice facilitator | 24 | 1 | 24 | 50 | 1200 |
1 site administrator | 24 | 1 | 24 | 45 | 1080 | |||
Consult partner as needed by phone | Sustainment, for 6 months Action start and end date | 1 practice facilitator | 12 | 0.5 | 6 | 50 | 300 | |
1 site administrator | 12 | 0.5 | 6 | 45 | 270 | |||
Remote consultation | Observe EBP delivery sessions and provide feedback via videoconferencing | Weekly first month of implementation, biweekly 2–4 months, monthly 5–8 months, bi-monthly 9–12 months Action start and end date | 1 expert consultant | 16 | 1 | 16 | 65 | 1040 |
3 clinicians | 16 | 1 | 48 | 55 | 2640 | |||
Give ongoing clinical training via video conferencing | During implementation, as needed Action start and end date | 1 expert consultant | 10 | 1 | 10 | 65 | 650 | |
1 clinician at a given time | 10 | 1 | 10 | 55 | 550 | |||
Consult clinicians in scheduled group consultation sessions by phone | Implementation, biweekly for 12 months Action start and end date | 1 expert consultant | 24 | 1 | 24 | 65 | 1560 | |
3 clinicians | 24 | 1 | 72 | 55 | 3960 | |||
Consult clinicians individually as needed by phone | During implementation, for 12 months Action start and end date | 1 expert consultant | 48 | 0.5 | 24 | 65 | 1560 | |
1 clinician at a given time | 48 | 0.5 | 24 | 55 | 1320 | |||
Fidelity review | Watch recorded EBP delivery sessions and fill out fidelity assessment forms | During implementation, monthly Action start and end date | 1 expert consultant | 36 | 1 | 36 | 65 | 2340 |
 |  | Sustainment, 6 months, bi-monthly Action start and end date | 2 expert consultants | 9 | 1 | 9 | 65 | 585 |
Column definitions are given in the Appendix 1 | Personnel time costs | 33,660 | ||||||
Non-personnel costs | Â | |||||||
Travel | 360 | |||||||
Training materials | 250 | |||||||
Assessment and evaluation materials | 1500 | |||||||
Recording equipment | 1000 | |||||||
Office supplies | 600 | |||||||
Software for case management | 2000 | |||||||
Total implementation costs | 39,370 |