Table 2 Costs of PROs collection: minimal effort versus maximal effort
All surgical procedures (n = 5769) | THA (n = 535) | TKA&UKA (n = 742) | ACLR (n = 430) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minimal effort | Maximal effort | Minimal effort | Maximal effort | Minimal effort | Maximal effort | Minimal effort | Maximal effort | |
License fee for automated system (€) | 10,875 | 10,875 | 10,875 | 10,875 | 10,875 | 10,875 | 10,875 | 10,875 |
Two computers for registration and completion of the preoperative PROMs (€) | 480 | 480 | 480 | 480 | 480 | 480 | 480 | 480 |
Staff (€) | ||||||||
PROMs administrator | 1725 | 17,254 | 160 | 1599 | 217 | 2165 | 129 | 1285 |
Surgeon’s receptionist | 2027 | 2027 | 188 | 188 | 261 | 261 | 151 | 151 |
Admission administrator | 7510 | 7510 | 696 | 696 | 966 | 966 | 560 | 560 |
Paper forms and sending (€) | 462 | 17,936 | 43 | 1573 | 59 | 2264 | 34 | 1447 |
In total (€) | 23,079 | 56,081 | 12,442 | 15,411 | 12,857 | 17,011 | 12,229 | 14,799 |
Per surgical procedure (€) | 4.00 | 9.72 | 23.26 | 28.81 | 17.33 | 22.93 | 28.44 | 34.42 |
Per year (€) | 15,479 | 37,481 | 8283 | 10,263 | 8581 | 11,350 | 8176 | 9889 |