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Table 1 Cost Breakdown for Supplemental Recruitment Methods

From: Cost and yield considerations when expanding recruitment for genetic studies: the primary open-angle African American glaucoma genetics study

Purchase

Cost

Community Outreach

 Necessary Equipment (Penn CAREs Grant)

$2000.00

 Optical Coherence Tomography (lease per year)

$19,392.00

 Pamphlets about POAAGG Study

$1195.00

 Subject Blood Collectiona (26 subjects)

$73.32

 Subject Gift Cards† (102 subjects)

$1020.00

 Subject Spit Kits‡ (76 subjects)

$1140.00

 Personnel Time to Prepare and Conduct Event

$9248.00

 Van Purchase

$20,180.00

 Van Storage (per year)

$3818.00

Total (102 enrolled subjects)

$58,066.32

Total Per Subject

$569.28

In-reach Screenings

 Advertisement via SEPTA Ads

$3050.00

 Necessary Equipment (Penn CAREs Grant)

$2000.00

 Optical Coherence Tomography (lease per year)

$19,392.00

 Subject Blood Collection (3 subjects)

$8.46

 Subject Gift Cards (45 subjects)

$450.00

 Subject Spit Kits (42 subjects)

$630.00

 Personnel Time

$1721.25

Total (45 enrolled subjects)

$27,251.71

Total Per Subject

$605.59

Expansion to External Sites

 Subject Gift Cards (850 subjects)

$8500.00

 Subject Spit Kits

$12,750.00

 POAAGG Personnel Time at Private Practice

$45,344.00

 POAAGG Personnel Time at Temple

$9384.00

 POAAGG Physician Time for Subject Reclassifiction

$4666.61

 Staff Transportation to Private Practice

$1908.00

 Staff Transportation to Temple

$400.50

Total (850 enrolled subjects)

$82,953.11

Total Per Subject

$84.82

PMBB

 Mailing of Opt-Out Cards

$721.70

 Mailing of POAAGG Brochures

$4159.00

 Personnel Time for Review of PMBB Patient Records

$4511.04

Total (2073 enrolled subjects)

$9391.74

Total Per Subject

$4.53

  1. aBlood Collection: $2.82 /subject; †Gift cards: $10/subject; ‡ Spit Kits: $15/subject