Papadakos Janet, Samoil Diana, Giannopoulos Eleni, Jain Priyanka, McBain Sarah, Mittmann Nicole, Papadakos Tina, Fox Colleen, Moody Lesley, McLeod Robin
Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, 610 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
J Cancer Educ. 2022 Jun;37(3):834-842. doi: 10.1007/s13187-020-01893-0. Epub 2020 Oct 10.
The study aim was to evaluate the costs associated with developing and reviewing patient education materials (pamphlets) across Ontario cancer centers. While patient education often produces a positive return on investment, limited efforts have been dedicated to optimizing the personnel, time, and capital dedicated to this feat across healthcare systems. Patient education leaders at 14 cancer centers completed a survey measure, estimating the number of hours spent developing and reviewing pamphlets and identifying the personnel involved in each procedural step. The time expended per center in each step was then combined with average salary data for the identified personnel to derive total cost estimates. Cancer centers spend on average $5672 (SD = $3180) developing (M = $4560, SD = $2620) and reviewing (M = $1112, SD = $654) one pamphlet. This cumulates to an average per annum spending of $65,401 (SD = $75,494) for pamphlet development and $19,819 (SD = $28,524) for annual pamphlet review at each cancer center. The cost and number of hours spent developing and reviewing pamphlets varied substantially between cancer centers. While the security of budgets for patient education varies across cancer centers, opportunities to optimize human capital and monetary resources should be considered. Results of the study can be used to advocate for sustainable investment into cancer education programs, improve the coordination of educational materials production and review, and ensure that resource quality and access are consistent across the province.
该研究的目的是评估安大略省各癌症中心开发和审核患者教育材料（宣传册）的相关成本。虽然患者教育通常会产生积极的投资回报，但在整个医疗系统中，致力于优化用于此项工作的人员、时间和资金的努力却很有限。14个癌症中心的患者教育负责人完成了一项调查，估算了开发和审核宣传册所花费的时间，并确定了每个程序步骤中涉及的人员。然后，将每个中心在每个步骤中花费的时间与所确定人员的平均薪资数据相结合，得出总成本估算。癌症中心开发一本宣传册（平均成本为4560美元，标准差为2620美元）和审核一本宣传册（平均成本为1112美元，标准差为654美元）的平均花费为5672美元。这意味着每个癌症中心每年在宣传册开发上的平均花费为65401美元（标准差为75494美元），在年度宣传册审核上的平均花费为19819美元（标准差为28524美元）。各癌症中心在开发和审核宣传册的成本以及所花费的时间上差异很大。虽然各癌症中心用于患者教育的预算保障情况各不相同，但应考虑优化人力资本和资金资源的机会。该研究结果可用于倡导对癌症教育项目进行可持续投资，改善教育材料制作和审核的协调工作，并确保全省范围内资源质量和获取渠道的一致性。
