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A cost study for mobile phone health surveys using interactive voice response for assessing risk factors of noncommunicable diseases.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101178411 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1478-7954 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14787954 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Popul Health Metr Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2003]-
    • Subject Terms:
      Cell Phone* ; Noncommunicable Diseases*; Adult ; Health Surveys ; Humans ; Risk Factors ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    • Abstract:
      Background: This is the first study to examine the costs of conducting a mobile phone survey (MPS) through interactive voice response (IVR) to collect information on risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCD) in three low- and middle-income countries (LMIC); Bangladesh, Colombia, and Uganda.
      Methods: This is a micro-costing study conducted from the perspective of the payer/funder with a 1-year horizon. The study evaluates the fixed costs and variable costs of implementing one nationally representative MPS for NCD risk factors of the adult population. In this costing study, we estimated the sample size of calls required to achieve a population-representative survey and associated incentives. Cost inputs were obtained from direct economic costs incurred by a central study team, from country-specific collaborators, and from platform developers who participated in the deployment of these MPS during 2017. Costs were reported in US dollars (USD). A sensitivity analysis was conducted assessing different scenarios of pricing and incentive strategies. Also, costs were calculated for a survey deployed targeting only adults younger than 45 years.
      Results: We estimated the fixed costs ranging between $47,000 USD and $74,000 USD. Variable costs were found to be between $32,000 USD and $129,000 USD per nationally representative survey. The main cost driver was the number of calls required to meet the sample size, and its variability largely depends on the extent of mobile phone coverage and access in the country. Therefore, a larger number of calls were estimated to survey specific harder-to-reach sub-populations.
      Conclusion: Mobile phone surveys have the potential to be a relatively less expensive and timely method of collecting survey information than face-to-face surveys, allowing decision-makers to deploy survey-based monitoring or evaluation programs more frequently than it would be possible having only face-to-face contact. The main driver of variable costs is survey time, and most of the variability across countries is attributable to the sampling differences associated to reaching out to population subgroups with low mobile phone ownership or access.
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    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Cost study; Mobile phone surveys; Noncommunicable chronic diseases; Surveillance
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20210629 Date Completed: 20211028 Latest Revision: 20211028
    • Publication Date:
      20240105
    • Accession Number:
      PMC8240284
    • Accession Number:
      10.1186/s12963-021-00258-z
    • Accession Number:
      34183013