| Description | How Measured | Mean Cost Per Participant (SD) |
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Screening | Â | Â | Â |
   A. Screening Cost | Screening by a trained senior center care manager staff | Time spent screening potential participants multiplied by screener's wage rate + fringe benefit costs divided by sample size | $2.63 (1.51) |
Intervention Delivery* | Â | Â | Â |
   B. Intervention Delivery Cost Per Person (Cost Per Session X Number of Sessions) | Intervention conducted by a trained senior center staff member | Time conducting intervention multiplied by wage rate of interventionist + fringe benefit costs divided by sample size | $197.31 (133.00) |
Participant Contact Outside of Intervention Delivery + | Â | Â | Â |
   C. Total Cost of Contacts Outside Intervention (Cost Per Contact X Number of Contacts) | All contact outside of the intervention by the interventionist (telephone support, preparation and documentation, mailing, faxing, and other) | Time spent in contact outside of intervention multiplied by wage rate + fringe benefit costs of interventionist divided by sample size | $84.00 (60.00) |
Travel | Â | Â | Â |
   Mileage Reimbursement (Miles X $0.55) | Travel to and from homes of study participants by interventionist | Miles traveled multiplied by mileage reimbursement rate divided by sample size | $69.39 (46.88) |
   Labor Cost of Travel | Travel to and from homes of study participants by interventionist | Wage rate + fringe benefit costs of interventionist multiplied by time spent in travel divided by sample size | $141.64 (127.16) |
   D. Total Cost of Travel (Mileage Reimbursement + Labor Cost of Travel) | Total travel costs | Sum of mileage reimbursement and labor cost of travel | $211.03 |
Supervision Cost | Â | Â | Â |
   Supervision of Screeners~ | Supervision of screeners by trained senior center staff member | Wage rate + fringe benefit costs of supervisor and screener multiplied by time spent supervising employee then divided by sample size | $4.19 (n/a) |
   Supervision of Interventionists& | Supervision of interventionist by social work administrative staff of senior center | Wage rate + fringe benefit costs of supervisor and interventionist multiplied by time spent supervising employee then divided by sample size | $22.33 (n/a) |
   E. Total Cost of Supervision (Supervision by IHSP + Supervision of Interventionist) | Total supervision cost including supervisor reviewing, meeting and managing screener, meeting and managing interventionist, and managing care mangers and service staff by senior center | Sum or supervision of screeners and supervision of interventionist | $26.52 (n/a) |
Training # | Â | Â | Â |
   F. Training | Training of senior center screeners and of interventionist to conduct intervention | Wage rate + fringe benefit costs of screeners and trainers, multiplied by time spent in training divided by sample size | $0.9 (n/a) |
Materials | Â | Â | Â |
   G. Materials | All materials used by screeners and interventionists | Cost of materials used for screening and during the intervention divided by sample size | $61.93 (n/a) |
Adverse Events | Â | Â | Â |
   H. Adverse Events | Cost of adverse events | Supervisor wage rate + fringe benefit costs, multiplied by time spent dealing with adverse events divided by sample size | $0.32 (1.09) |
Total Cost of BTB Per Person (A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H) | Total cost of delivering BTB (screening plus 4 month intervention) per participant | Sum of sub-cost categories | $584.64 |
 | Total cost of delivering BTB intervention per participant, per month |  | $146.16 |