These costs include ordering and communication costs, inventory costs, costs for loading and unloading as well as general transport costs.
The most financial strain was brought on by the direct non-medical costs (travel costs, costs for housekeepers, acquisition costs and modifications).
These activities are considered in the health economic evaluation in terms of, for example, personnel time costs, costs for posters, flyers or a pilot workout.
Unless they included the same set of costs, e.g. combinations of inpatient and outpatient costs, costs for municipal care and services, and costs for informal care, the results are not completely comparable.
Port choice and inland transport mode choice behaviors are analyzed simultaneously by Wu and Peng (2013) for the Pearl River Delta region, considering monetary costs, costs for port dwell time, and costs incurred for intangible factors as the main determinants.
PHC costs include costs for the health coach, housing costs, costs for printed materials, and travel expenses of the PHC.
At the cost side we distinguish three cost-categories: health care sector costs, costs for the patient and family, and productivity costs.
Within our study we distinguish three cost-categories: health care sector costs, costs for the patient and family, and productivity costs [ 52].
Implementation costs (such as set-up costs, staff training costs, service reconfiguration costs, costs for dual running of usual care and RM services) were not included in the model but are often a consideration for the health organisations.
Special arrangements to ensure PTA may also have personal and professional costs: costs for researchers with ambitions other than staying on with the participants to ensure that they have appropriate care (when PTA must be ensured and cannot be outsourced).
