Translation of a Diabetes Remission Service into Australian Primary Care: Findings from the Evaluation of DiRECT-Australia
Table 5
Intervention resource use and cost per participant () over 52 weeks of the DiRECT intervention.
Intervention cost component
Quantity
Unit cost (A$)
Total cost (A$)
Cost per participant
Intervention set-up cost
Counterweight-Plus traininga
4 practices
550
2200
56.4
Practice nurse timeb
16 h/practice
41.4
2649.6
67.9
Total intervention set-up cost
4740.8
124.3
Intervention running cost
12 weeks of total diet replacement phase
336 sachets per participant
4.0
52416
1344.0
8 weeks of food reintroduction phase
112 sachets per participant
4.0
17472
448.0
Counterweight-Plus booklets
39
40
1560
40.0
Total intervention running cost
71448
1832.0
General practice and dietitian visit/consultation
GP visit (GP and/or practice nurse) (per participant)c
12
39.8
18626.4
477.6
Dietitian
10 hours per participant
47.8
18704.4
478.0
Total cost of GP and dietitian consultation
37330.8
955.6
Total intervention cost per participant
2911.9
Total intervention cost per remission
5241.5
aCost of unit of counterweight intervention is per Counterweight UK. bBased on Nurses Award 2020 (rates were calculated based on registered nurse Level 5 Grade 1). cBased on Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule Item 23; Group A1; Subheading 2-Level B.
