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Table 5 Example: Attaching monetary values to resource consequences. The following data sources were used to estimate the monetary value of differences in resource use between a programme of outreach visits (targeted at all general practitioners in Norway) and no programme (the status quo) [27]. (See also Tables 1, 3 and 4.)

From: SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) 12: Finding and using research evidence about resource use and costs

Variable

Data sources for monetary values

Development of software

Invoices, salary payments

Training of outreach visitors

Salary payments

Printed materials

Invoice

Travel

Travel invoices

Pharmacists' time

Salary payments

Administrative time

Salary payments, standard estimates for overheads, office rental figures

Physicians' time

Standard tariff for interdisciplinary meetings

Technical support

Invoices

Drug expenditure

"Felleskatalogen 2003" (a Norwegian list of drugs and prices)

Patient visits

Standard tariff for consultation

Laboratory test (potassium)

Standard tariff