Table 3

Overview of resource use measures

Item of resource use	Unit	Unit costs	Source of data
Intervention
Booklet development	Hour research time	AUD/hour	Grant budget
Pilot testing
Booklet design	Hour Graphic design	AUD/hour	Designer invoice
Booklet printing	Booklet	AUD/booklet	Printing invoice
Questionnaire printing	Questionnaire	AUD/survey	Printing invoice
Postage	Reply paid envelope	AUD/envelope	Trial records
Intervention manual development	Therapist hour	AUD/hour	University HR
Psychologist recruitment	Advertisement	AUD/advert	APS invoice
Psychologist training	Hour of training	AUD/hour	University HR
Weekly clinical supervision	Hour of supervision	AUD/hour	Trial records
Trial-related costs
Trial coordination	Hour PhD student	AUD/hour	University HR
	Hour RA	AUD/hour	University HR
Psychologist salary	Hour psychologist	AUD/hour	University HR
Booklets printing	Booklet	AUD/booklet	University HR
Questionnaires printing	Questionnaire	AUD/survey	Printing invoice
Telephone counselling	Minutes telephone call	AUD/min	Provider rates
Recording materials	Recorder	AUD/recorder	Trial records
Stamps	Set	AUD/set	Trial records
Envelopes	Box	AUD/box	Trial records
Health services use
Doctors’ visits	Mean number of hours of visit	85% scheduled fee in AUD	Medicare Australia
Diagnostic testing
Psychologist visit
Psychiatrist visit
Social worker
Counselling service
Complementary therapies
Other allied health
Medication use
Prescribed medications	Dose	PBS fee	Medicare Australia

APS, Australian Psychological Society; AUD, Australian dollar; HR, Human resources; PBS, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; RA, research assistant.