Volume 5: No.
2, April 2008
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Cost of Starting Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs: Results From Five Federally Funded Demonstration Programs
A box labeled "Budget Categories" is at the top center of the chart. Arrows point to 4 boxes aligned horizontally below. They are labeled "Staff salaries," "Contract expenditure," "Purchases (materials/equipment)," and "Administrative expenditure." An arrow points from each box to a box centered below them and labeled "Allocations for specific activities." An arrow points from this box to a box directly beneath it, which is labeled "Activity-based cost."
Figure 1. Approach to collection of cost data in study of
start-up costs in five programs in Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Program, 2005–2006
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| Budget Categories |
Program |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Average |
| Labor |
67% |
78% |
55% |
62% |
74% |
67% |
| Materials and supplies |
27% |
5% |
23% |
5% |
9% |
14% |
| Consultants |
0% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
9% |
2% |
| Administrative |
6% |
17% |
22% |
34% |
8% |
17% |
Figure 2. Distribution of start-up costs, by budget
category, in study of five programs in Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Program, 2005–2006.
Numbers do not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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| Program management |
28% |
| Public education and outreach |
9% |
| Quality assurance and professional development |
12% |
| Partnership development and maintenance |
5% |
| Data collection and tracking |
7% |
| Patient support |
8% |
| Administrative/overhead |
17% |
| Other activities |
3% |
Figure 3. Percentage distribution of start-up costs, by
activity, averaged across the five programs in the Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Program, 2005–2006.
Numbers do not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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| Start-Up Phase Activities |
Program 1 |
Program 2 |
Program 3 |
Program 4 |
Program 5 |
|
Program management |
30% |
34% |
25% |
18% |
34% |
|
Public education and outreach |
6% |
13% |
13% |
8% |
6% |
|
Quality assurance and professional development |
12% |
13% |
10% |
11% |
15% |
|
Partnership development and maintenance |
4% |
7% |
1% |
5% |
7% |
|
Data collection and tracking |
35% |
15% |
8% |
11% |
18% |
|
Patient support |
6% |
0% |
19% |
8% |
7% |
|
Administrative/overhead |
6% |
17% |
22% |
34% |
8% |
|
Other activities |
1% |
1% |
2% |
5% |
6% |
Figure 4. Distribution of start-up costs, by
activity, in study of five programs in Colorectal Cancer Screening Demonstration Program, 2005–2006.
Program 5 numbers do not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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