Table 3 Total and unit HTS costs for sexual partners of HIV-infected index case, per type of health provider, US$ 2014§
From: HIV partner services in Kenya: a cost and budget impact analysis study
Budget Category | HTS by nurses | HTS by CHWs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower Bound | Upper Bound | Lower Bound | Upper Bound | |||||
Total cost | Unit Cost | Total cost | Unit Cost | Total cost | Unit Cost | Total cost | Unit Cost | |
Startup costs | 5310.57 | 0.13 | 5116.24 | 0.20 | 3544.79 | 0.09 | 3460.98 | 0.09 |
Scale up costs | ||||||||
Personnel | 605,544.59 | 14.84 | 591,126.27 | 22.95 | 290,615.24 | 7.19 | 282,238.86 | 7.23 |
Transportation | 19,936.61 | 0.53 | 21,057.62 | 0.84 | 30,543.36 | 0.81 | 32,249.85 | 0.86 |
Equipment | 2824.53 | 0.07 | 2748.28 | 0.11 | 372.21 | 0.01 | 386.35 | 0.01 |
Supplies | 78,302.36 | 1.82 | 110,163.32 | 4.26 | 74,221.83 | 1.83 | 164,313.14 | 4.20 |
Buildings and overheads | 50,079.82 | 1.07 | 42,307.87 | 1.61 | 50,079.82 | 1.12 | 42,307.87 | 1.04 |
Data capture | 28,475.31 | 0.71 | 28,306.36 | 1.10 | 27,386.62 | 0.69 | 27,386.62 | 0.70 |
Total Cost | 790,473.79 | 19.18 | 800,825.95 | 31.07 | 476,763.86 | 11.74 | 552,343.66 | 14.14 |