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Table 3 Recruitment costs by county, by active versus passive methods, and totals

From: A pragmatic examination of active and passive recruitment methods to improve the reach of community lifestyle programs: The Talking Health Trial

 

Lee

Giles

Pulaski

Washington

Grayson

Wise

Wythe

Montgomery

Total

Cost- Active strategies ($)

 community research assistant

1,762

0

1,800

379

1,442

272

1,165

303

7,123

 university-affiliated research assistant

29

5,399

3,360

3,704

2,736

5,752

3,717

3,886

28,485

 travel time

0

970

815

2,145

1,860

3,180

1,793

0

10,763

 transportation

0

162

368

1,349

754

2,805

923

0

6,362

 other (festival fees, prizes)

0

10.00

70

0

0

75

0

25

180

  Sub-total cost- Active strategies

1,791

6,541

6,312

7,578

6,792

12,214

7,599

4,222

52,912

Cost- Passive strategies ($)

 community research assistant

75

0

37

8

58

0

31

8

217

 university-affiliated research assistant

0

-a

68

72

107

130

90

0

467

 Newspaper ads

389

597

320

0

525

924

977

0

3,732

 Mailed postcards (to target pop)

0

0

128

2,613

235

131

131

0

3,238

  Sub-total cost- Passive strategies

764

597

553

2,693

952

1,185

1,229

0

7654

Total cost- All strategies ($)

2,254

7,138

6,866

10,271

7,718

13,269

8,828

4,222

60,567

Cost per participant ($)

 Cost per screened participant

35

74

39

88

67

84

46

31

58

 Cost per enrolled participant

55

230

130

321

221

415

221

114

213

 Cost per participant

 screened via active

 strategies and enrolled

90

311

186

281

400

549

253

151

278

 Cost per participant

 screened via passive

 strategies and enrolled

22

60

29

539

51

119

122

1

118

  1. amissing recruitment method