Programme Costing of a Physical Activity Programme in Primary Prevention: Should the Costs of Health Asset Assessment and Participatory Programme Development Count?

Table 7

Summary of the costs (€) of the physical activity programme differentiated in the special decision context and perspective.

Project phase	Cost category	PI	min.	max.
(I) asset assessment	Programme development costs	35,618 €	29,676 €	41,560 €
(II) programme design	Programme development costs	48,789 €	42,451 €	55,128 €
Programme payer perspective
(III) programme implementation^(1)	Implementation costs, recruitment costs, programme costs, participant time costs	43,945 €	37,476 €	50,415 €
(I+ III) (asset assessment + programme implementation)^(2)	Development costs (I), implementation costs, recruitment costs, programme costs, participant time costs	79,563 €	67,152 €	91,974 €
(II+III) (programme design + programme implementation)^(3)	Development costs (II), implementation costs, recruitment costs, programme costs, participant time costs	92,735 €	79,927 €	105,543 €
(I+II+III)^(4)	Total	128,353 €	109,603 €	147,103 €
Societal perspective
(III) programme implementation^(1)	Implementation costs, recruitment costs, programme costs, participant time costs	48,666 €	41,051 €	56,687 €
(I+ III) (asset assessment + programme implementation)^(2)	Development costs (I), implementation costs, recruitment costs, programme costs, participant time costs	84,284 €	70,727 €	98,247 €
(II+III) (programme design + programme implementation)^(3)	Development costs (II), implementation costs, recruitment costs, programme costs, participant time costs	97,456 €	83,502 €	111,816 €
(I+II+III)^(4)	Total	133,074 €	113,178 €	153,375 €

^(1–4)decision (see Discussion).
Abbreviations: PI: personnel information; min.: minimum; max.: maximum.