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Table 4 Costs of developing and introducing the implementation of CBT for CFS divided in fixed and variable costs.

From: Implementing cognitive behavior therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome in mental health care: a costs and outcomes analysis

 

Volume

Calculated costs value per volume

Costs

Personnel costs

   

Fixed

   

   Therapists

647 hours

€ 55.50/hour

€ 35.909

   Management

312 hours

€ 73.17/hour

€ 22.829

   Others

793 hours

€ 35.87/hour

€ 28.444

   Total fixed

  

€ 87.182

Variable

   

   Therapists

460 hours

€ 55.50/hour

€ 25.530

   Management

20 hours

€ 73.17/hour

€ 1.463

   Supervisor

266 hours

€ 62.52/hour

€ 16.625

   Others

6 hours

€ 35.87/hour

€ 215

   Total variable

  

€ 43.833

TOTAL personnel costs

  

€ 131.015

Material costs

   

Fixed

   

   Building use

10% of personal costs

€ 8.718

   PR activities

2000 information letters and brochures

€ 1.705

   Total fixed

  

€ 10.423

Variable

   

   Building use

10% of personal costs

€ 4383

   PR activities

2500 information letters and brochures

€ 1.983

   Total variable

  

€ 6.366

TOTAL material costs

  

€ 16.789

Traveling costs

   

Fixed

   

   Therapists

3605 km

€ 0.18/km

€ 649

   Management

3328 km

€ 0.18/km

€ 599

   Others

1411 km

€ 0.18/km

€ 254

   Total fixed

  

€ 1.502

Variable

   

   Supervisor

5300 km

€ 0.18/km

€ 954

   Therapists

1275 km

€ 0.18/km

€ 230

   Management

40 km

€ 0.18/km

€ 7

   Total variable

  

€ 1.191

TOTAL traveling costs

  

€ 2.693

TOTAL fixed costs

  

€ 90.675

TOTAL variable costs

  

€ 59.300

TOTAL 'developing and introducing' costs

  

€ 149.975

  1. All volumes were valued in terms of Dutch integral cost prices at the price level of 2004 (Oostenbrink et al., 2004).