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Hoover S, Subramanian S, Tangka F. Developing a Web-Based Cost Assessment Tool for Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs. Prev Chronic Dis. 2019 May 02;16:E54. doi: 10.5888/pcd16.180336. PMID: 31050637; PMCID: PMC6513486.
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Prev Chronic Dis. 2019 May 02;16:E54. doi: 10.5888/pcd16.180336.

Developing a Web-Based Cost Assessment Tool for Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs.

Preventing chronic disease

Sonja Hoover, Sujha Subramanian, Florence Tangka

Affiliations

  1. RTI International, Waltham, Massachusetts.
  2. 307 Waverley Oaks Rd, Suite 101, Waltham, MA 02452. E-mail: [email protected].
  3. Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

PMID: 31050637 PMCID: PMC6513486 DOI: 10.5888/pcd16.180336

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: We developed a web-based cost assessment tool (CAT) to collect cost data as an improvement from a desktop instrument to perform economic evaluations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP) grantees. We describe the development of the web-based CAT, evaluate the quality of the data obtained, and discuss lessons learned.

METHODS: We developed and refined a web-based CAT to collect 5 years (2009-2014) of cost data from 29 CRCCP grantees. We analyzed funding distribution; costs by budget categories; distribution of costs related to screening promotion, screening provision, and overarching activities; and reporting of screenings for grantees that received funding from non-CDC sources compared with those grantees that did not.

RESULTS: CDC provided 85.6% of the resources for the CRCCP, with smaller amounts from in-kind contributions (7.8%), and funding from other sources (6.6%) (eg, state funding). Grantees allocated, on average, 95% of their expenditures to specific program activities and 5% to other activities. Some non-CDC funds were used to provide screening tests to additional people, and these additional screens were captured in the CAT.

CONCLUSION: A web-based tool can be successfully used to collect cost data on expenditures associated with CRCCP activities. Areas for future refinement include how to collect and allocate dollars from other sources in addition to CDC dollars.

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