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Table 6 Operational costs of SCS that allow non-injection routes of consumption

From: To what extent do supervised drug consumption services incorporate non-injection routes of administration? A systematic scoping review documenting existing facilities

Name (location)

Location

Operational costs as reported

Annual operational costs in USDa

Citation

DCR Bonn, Ragazza, and Skyen

Bonn and Hamburg, Germany

Copenhagen, Denmark

Cost per participant in mobile SCS higher than fixed-site SCS (less visits per day yet require similar staffing levels)

NA

[44]

Indro

Munster, Germany

Annual cost: €125,000.00

$187,488.11b

[37]

Pauluskerk

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Annual budget: Æ’1,200,000.00

$1,163,954.24c

[34]

Unsanctioned inhalation facility

Vancouver, Canada

Annual volunteer stipends: $47,203.00 CAD

Annual volunteer stipends: $64,068.74d

[41]

  

Annual rent and drug use equipment: $50,000.00 CAD

Annual rent and drug use equipment: $55,713.91d

 
  

Total annual cost: $97,203.00 CAD

Total annual cost: $108,311.06d

 
  1. NA not applicable
  2. aExchange rates based on the first day of the month in which the article was published and then adjusted for inflation in 2020
  3. b1 Euro = 1.07640 USD (2003); $134,550.00 USD (2003)
  4. c1 NLG = 0.54666 USD (1993); $655,988.00 USD (1993)
  5. d1 CAD = 0.82095 USD (2004); annual volunteer stipend: $38,751.40 USD (2004); annual rent and drug use equipment: $41,047.60 USD (2004); total annual cost: $79,798.90 USD (2004)