While fixed costs of survey implementation were similar for the two survey approaches, there were considerable variations in variable costs, resulting in an estimated annual cost saving of about US$45,000 under the integrated survey approach.
Approval for the survey implementation was obtained from both conferences board committees.
The same calculation was applied in allocating rental costs of office space and housekeeping costs for each survey implementation.
For the physician survey implementation, the evaluators received a list from the Department of Public Health (DPH), which issues licences of practise to physicians, generated a list of 16 618 physicians in May 2011 and another list of 5283 physicians from the Department of Social Services Medicaid physician list.
The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance of Richard Rosselli, MPH, in survey development and Barry Bass, Health Director of Alamance County, NC, and Rosemary Summers, DrPH, Health Director of Orange County, NC, for their assistance with survey implementation.
The first component (2 days) will include basic research training: study design, confidentiality, ethics, informed consent, recruitment, survey implementation, facilitation skills for weekly meetings.
Similar to HDSS and HMS, the variable costs constituted the majority of the survey implementation costs, accounting for 94% of it (US$194,544).
For the 1999 survey, CIET (Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Tropicales; Community Information and Epidemiological Technologies) was commissioned to provide technical support for survey design, implementation, analysis, and reporting.
Jessica worked closely with Michael Conboy, the head of school, to survey faculty and parents from choosing a survey provider, managing survey design, overseeing survey implementation, and analyzing the data to help inform the priorities for the strategic plan.
