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Table 3 Cost per diagnosing and treating a malaria, diarrhoea and suspected pneumonia case in four CHPS facilities in the Volta and Northern Region in 2014 (US$)

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of the national implementation of integrated community case management and community-based health planning and services in Ghana for the treatment of malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia

 

Volta Region

Northern Region

CHPS 1

CHPS 2

CHPS 1

CHPS 2

Malaria

Diarrhoea

Pneumonia

Malaria

Diarrhoea

Pneumonia

Malaria

Diarrhoea

Pneumonia

Malaria

Diarrhoea

Pneumonia

Recurrent expenditures

 Salaries

625.15

338.48

43.72

582.09

119.40

104.48

745.52

342.01

9.84

1386.98

290.05

7.91

 Stationery

9.15

4.96

0.64

4.84

0.99

0.87

2.16

0.99

0.03

56.08

11.73

0.32

 Utilities

0.00

0.00

0.00

2.04

0.42

0.37

0.00

0.00

0.00

2.24

0.47

0.01

 Training

12.46

6.75

0.87

3.02

0.62

0.54

54.83

25.15

0.72

35.33

7.39

0.20

Capital expenditures

 Buildings

15.73

8.52

1.10

34.81

7.14

6.25

12.86

5.90

0.17

17.55

3.67

0.10

 Equipment

54.30

29.40

3.80

9.41

1.93

1.69

82.78

37.97

1.09

18.06

3.78

0.10

 Furniture

7.32

3.96

0.51

10.43

2.14

1.87

4.15

1.90

0.05

1.82

0.38

0.01

Overhead

 Administration

37.32

20.21

2.61

86.54

17.75

15.53

30.75

14.11

0.41

60.82

12.72

0.35

 Accounting

10.41

5.64

0.73

92.10

18.89

16.53

15.41

7.07

0.20

118.90

24.86

0.68

 Health information

20.38

11.04

1.43

113.58

23.30

20.39

10.36

4.75

0.14

345.80

72.32

1.97

 Cleaning

71.27

38.59

4.99

61.16

12.55

10.98

7.48

3.43

0.10

26.90

5.63

0.15

 Laundry

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

47.40

9.91

0.27

 Stores

28.22

15.28

1.97

26.38

5.41

4.73

0.00

0.00

0.00

134.51

28.13

0.77

 Security

0.00

0.00

0.00

52.08

10.68

9.35

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

Support centres

 Dispensary drugs

499.06

115.27

16.52

33.07

19.91

35.23

365.31

102.18

7.42

1739.20

99.70

4.30

 Dispensary overhead

71.98

38.97

5.03

96.70

19.84

17.36

0.00

0.00

0.00

111.46

23.31

0.64

 Diagnostics

330.36

0.00

0.00

344.65

0.00

0.00

109.81

0.00

0.00

273.12

0.00

0.00

Total

1793.12

637.06

83.93

1552.90

260.97

246.16

1441.42

545.47

20.17

4376.15

594.04

17.79

Average cost per case

4.65

3.05

3.11

9.95

8.16

8.79

4.76

3.92

5.04

8.32

5.40

5.93