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Table 4 One-off plus ongoing costs for implementation of MCBR and PBR for an ICMV and for reporting of a testing (in a year with 1527 ICMVs and 20,000 ICMVs, and 3 years implementation with 20,000 ICMVs)

From: A mobile phone application for malaria case-based reporting to advance malaria surveillance in Myanmar: a mixed methods evaluation

Items

MCBR overall

PBR overall

Difference

Cost per ICMV for 1 year (for1527 ICMVs)

$301.55

$190.19

$111.36

Cost per ICMV for 1 year (for 20,000 ICMVs)

$272.01

$190.19

$81.82

Cost per ICMV for 3 years (for 20,000 ICMVs)

$235.55

$190.19

$45.36

Cost per test reported per year from1527 ICMVs

$9.41

$2.72

$6.69

Cost per test reported per year nationwide from 20,000 ICMVs

$2.55

$1.78

$0.77

Cost per test reported per 3 years nationwide from 20,000 ICMVs

$2.20

$1.78

$0.42

Total cost for 1 year (for 1527 ICMV)

$460462.86

$290418.28

$170044.58

Total cost for 1 year (for 20,000 ICMV)

$5440272.57

$3803775.75

$1636496.82

Total cost for 3 year (for 20,000 ICMV)

$14132978.52

$11411327.26

$2721651.26

Contribution by cost category

 HR cost (% contributed to the total cost)

32.72%

68.81

− 36.09%

 Staff travel (% contributed to the total cost)

3.10%

7.16

− 4.06%

 Phone credit + ICMV travel cost for MCBR reporting

26.00%

0.14%

25.86%

 ICMV trainings and meetings

38.19%

23.89%

14.30%

  1. All costs were calculated in United States Dollars (US$), with expenditure in Myanmar Kyats converted into US$ using the United Nations exchange rate applied in 2018. Overall costs represent the average cost across NMCP and three implementing partners
  2. Thus, scale-up of the MCBR programme would be associated with a reduction in cost per ICMV, due to the sharing of some infrastructure, whereas the cost per ICMV for the PBR programme remains the same