To ensure that this, the costing contact and other key researchers at the trial site met for a one-day workshop to discuss the purpose of the tool, to learn how to use it, and to agree on definitions of relevant cost categories.
First, when all relevant costs, including interest payments on debt, are considered, transit riders now pay less than half the cost of their rides.
From then on in it automatically tallies up the relevant costs, presenting the information in an easy to digest way.
Comparison of the actual costs of the two treatments was based on detailed definition and measurement of all relevant costs.
Some cost estimates (GP home visits for hypoglycaemia, foot therapy, nutritional guidance, physiotherapy, acupuncture, costs of cholesterol lowering- and antihypertensive drugs) may consequently be biased, but the impact on any bias will be small because the relevant costs were small.
For this study we will develop a cost questionnaire especially designed for this group, based on existing questionnaires[ 28, 29], which identify all relevant costs aspects.
Further studies that focus on patient costs are warranted to capture all patterns of service use and relevant costs.
Generally, the studies were small in size, reported inadequately all relevant costs, uncertainties in estimates, and issues of concern and were based on limited data sources.
The total relevant costs.
We consider all relevant costs: product cost, transport cost, tank rental cost, tank throughput cost, and inventory cost.
