Cost-Effectiveness of a Short Message Service Intervention to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes from Impaired Glucose Tolerance

Table 1

Unit costs (US, year 2011 values) for the SMS intervention.

Resource component	Unit cost	Reference
SMS intervention
First year
Delivery charges of SMS via online platform		[11]
Staff wage for SMS delivery^†		[26]
Second year
Delivery charges of SMS via online platform		[11]
Staff wage for SMS delivery^†		[26]
Annual cost of T2DM^‡	,727.90	[3]

Note. A total of 66 short text messages’ package is sent to each subject. ^†An estimate of 5 minutes was spent for each SMS delivery and in total 330 minutes was used for each subject, assuming the median hourly wage of 6.72. ^‡Annual cost in 2004 year price was inflated to 2011 year price using the medical services price index taken from Hong Kong Census Department.