These included information on personnel inputs of time, personnel wages, hospitalization costs, overhead costs and capital costs associated with the provision of PAC.
Personnel inputs required to operate MS/MS in a newborn screening lab were estimated in consultation with the national newborn screening programme.
It is emphasised that these budget components include some "composite" items, such as computer services and internal chargeback services, as well as the provision for personnel inputs and goods and services.
Health care costs included those of screening and hearing aid delivery, and were estimated on the basis of detailed assessments of program inputs and an empirical assessment of health personnel time input.
On several occasions, the RTMUS did not immediately connect the mentor with the nurse at the bedside when desired, but all connectivity and configuration issues were resolved through the involved clinical personnel without input from professional informatics specialists.
Screening and hearing aid delivery costs were estimated on the basis of program records and an empirical assessment of health personnel time input.
In a prospective study design, screening and hearing aid delivery costs were estimated on the basis of program records and an empirical assessment of health personnel time input.
Health care costs included those of screening and hearing aid delivery, and were estimated on the basis of a detailed assessment of program records and an empirical assessment of health personnel time input.
The ORPHEA instruments were designed to assemble five categories of costs: personnel, recurrent inputs and services, capital, and training and supervision.
