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Table 1 Costs (USD) per participant in the LEVA diet weight loss intervention trial

From: Cost-utility analysis of a randomized controlled weight loss trial among lactating overweight/obese women

Type of costs

Intervention group

Control group

Intervention vs. control

Start of intervention, 1 h 50 min dietitian

61.0

0

61.0

1 home visit, time and travel

74.4

0

74.4

Telephone costs, time and telephone fee

23.0

0

23.0

Participants’ travel expenses

108.9

93.3

15.6

Equipment

78.1

0

78.1

Costs of physical exercise interventiona

141.1

141.1

0

Sum of direct costs

486.5

234.4

252.1

Overhead, administration and local costs, 20%

97.3

46.9

50.4

Sum of total costs per participant

583.8

281.3

302.5

  1. aIncluding the same kind of costs and the same running time as in the diet intervention, but performed by a physiotherapeut.