Estimating workforce costs in economic evaluations of genomic testing: Towards a standardised Australian health workforce costing model for comparative health systems research

Abstract

Introduction Labour costs are a key driver of healthcare costs and a key component of economic evaluations in healthcare. We undertook the current study to collect information about workforce costs related to clinical genomic testing in Australia, identifying key components of pay scales and contracts, and incorporating these into a matrix to enable modelling of disaggregated costs.