The acceptability and cost of a home-based chlamydia retesting strategy: findings from the REACT randomised controlled trial

Table 4 Costs (AUD) per study step per person

	Clinic retest				Home retest
Study step	MSM	HM	W	Total^a	MSM	HM	W	Total^a
Initial consultation
Registration
New	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9
Existing	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4
Consultation	24.7	23.9	25.2	24.7	24.7	23.9	25.2	24.7
Laboratory fee	71.8	35.9	35.9	47.9	71.8	35.9	35.9	47.9
Antibiotics^b	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.2
Result notification
Staff time	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6
Phone call	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Treatment^b
Registration	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.4
Consultation	12.0	11.1	11.3	11.7	12.0	11.1	11.3	11.7
Antibiotics	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
SMS	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Retest
Registration	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Assembly of home test kits	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4
Consultation	19.4	19.1	20.6	19.8	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Equipment^c	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.5	0.9	0.9	1.1
Postage^d	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2
Laboratory fee	71.8	35.9	35.9	47.9	55.4	28.7	28.7	37.6
Sub-total retest component only	93.4	57.2	58.6	69.9	73.5	46.2	46.0	55.3
Total^a	216.3	142.5	145.3	168.6	196.40	131.5	133.0	154.0

MSM men who have sex with men, HM heterosexual men, W women, N/A not applicable
^aAll costs expressed in Australian dollars (AUD) (2012)
^bBased on 40 % treated at consult therefore only 60 % needing a treatment visit
^cFor clinic retesters clinics supplied urine jars (men) and pathology forms and for home retesters, postage satchels and saline for rectal swabs (MSM) were provided by the study. All other testing equipment was supplied by the laboratories and included in the laboratory fee
^dIncludes return postage

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