Table 4

Programme staffing costs in 2016 Canadian dollars

	Total staffing costs as implemented during RCT (5 sites)	Potential staffing costs for a future site with 2 buildings	Potential staffing costs for a future site with 4 buildings
Additional paramedic staff*
Number of buildings implementing CP@clinic	13	2	4
Cost of additional paramedic staff per year (50 weeks, hourly salary including benefits ranged from $50.33 to $54.99 per hour)
Actual: as implemented during the trial	$31 130	–	–
Minimum: two paramedics on modified duties	–	$0	$0
Moderate: one funded CP, one paramedic on modified duties	–	$21 996	$43 992
Maximum: two funded CPs	–	$43 992	$87 984
Additional supervision and administration
Cost of additional supervisory and administrative staff hours per year (50 weeks)
Actual: as implemented during the trial	$32 522	–	–
Minimum: 1 hour per week	–	$5499	$5499
Moderate: 1.5 hours per week	–	$8249	$8249
Maximum: 2 hours per week	–	$10 998	$10 998
Other staffing (programme evaluation, data repository, training development)
Cost of other staffing ($3000/year base cost)
Actual: as implemented during the trial	$0	–	–
Minimum: funded entirely from external source or in-kind	–	$0	$0
Moderate: 50/50 mixed funding model	–	$1500	$1500
Maximum: funded entirely by the paramedic service	–	$3000	$3000
Totals
Actual costs during RCT (five sites)	$63 652	–	–
Minimum assumption scenarios (one site)	–	$5499	$5499
Moderate assumption scenarios (one site)	–	$31 745	$53 741
Maximum assumption scenarios (one site)	–	$57 990	$101 982

*Paramedic staff funded specifically for the community paramedicine role and not on modified duty.
CP, community paramedic; CP@clinic, Community Paramedicine at Clinic programme; RCT, randomised controlled trial.