Table 3

Intervention cost elements

Cost type	Cost detail	Measurement of costs
Direct costs	Intervention costs on-site: Staff time Travel Consumables and equipment Workshop costs	Included within the project budget and therefore directly recorded. Where appropriate additional detail will be collected directly from the care homes.
Direct costs	Additional NHS staff time attending care home Additional prescriptions	Estimated in the SoECAT, with additional costs recorded by intervention staff as required.
	Costs of taxis to transfer residents to hospital	Collected from care home sites in a proforma through interviews.
Indirect costs	Wider additional costs incurred by the care home, including: Changes in their staffing Changes to facilities (ie, use of rooms), or overheads as a result of hosting the intervention.	These changes, and their associated costs, will be collected from care homes in a proforma through the interviews
Intangible costs	Inconvenience to staff, residents, family and carers as a result of the intervention.	These will not be measured directly, but will be explored in the qualitative interviews.