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Table 3 Financial and economic costs of Cambodia electronic surveillance intervention and provider mobile reporting intervention

From: Costing electronic private sector malaria surveillance in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Cost category

Total cost

%

Financial costs

 Start-up

  

  System design and configuration (DHIS2)

$52,933

12.1%

  Piloting (DHIS2)

$11,545

2.3%

  Training (DHIS2)

$7847

1.5%

  MCS App design and development

$24,817

4.9%

  MCS App piloting

$9475

1.9%

  MCS App training

$8054

1.6%

  Surveillance bulletin design

$2366

0.5%

  Server set-up

$150

0.0%

 Sub-total start-up

$120,616

23.6%

 Capital

  

  Equipment (desktops)

$4800

0.9%

  Equipment (mobile devices)

$112,155

21.9%

 Sub-total capital

$116,955

22.9%

 Recurrent

  

  DHIS2 maintenance and routine upgrades

$22,592

5.1%

  DHIS2 software upgrades

0.0%

  Data entry

$71,070

13.9%

  Server hosting

$7620

1.5%

  MCS App maintenance and routine upgrades

$32,182

6.3%

  Procure electronic report: Monthly mobile data packages

$104,580

20.5%

  Provider social and behavioural change communication (SBCC) and supervision

$35,569

7.0%

 Sub-total recurrent

$273,612

53.5%

 Total costs

$511,183

100%

  Annual costs

$170,394

N/A

  Annual cost per mobile reporting provider (n = 585 providers)

$291

N/A

  Annual cost per provider (n = 710 providers)

$240

N/A

Economic costs

 Start-up costs

  

  System design (DHIS2)

$218,782

27.7%

  Piloting (DHIS2)

$12,242

1.6%

  Training (DHIS2)

$12,891

2.4%

  MCS App design and development

$26,317

3.3%

  MCS App piloting

$10,048

1.3%

  MCS App training

$10,800

1.1%

  Surveillance bulletin design

$2508

0.3%

  Server set-up

$159

0.0%

 Sub-total start-up

$297,703

37.7%

 Capital

  

  Equipment (desktops)

$5090

0.6%

  Equipment (mobile devices)

$118,934

15.1%

 Sub-total capital

$124,024

15.7%

 Recurrent

  

  DHIS2 maintenance and routine upgrades

$22,592

2.9%

  DHIS2 software upgrades

$30,000

3.8%

  Paper-based and electronic data entry

$110,498

14.0%

  Server hosting

$7620

1.0%

  MCS App maintenance and routine upgrades

$32,182

4.1%

  Procure electronic report: monthly mobile data packages

$129,483

16.4%

  Provider social and behavioural change communication (SBCC) and supervision

$35,569

4.5%

 Sub-total recurrent

$367,944

46.6%

 Total costs

$789,671

100%

  Annual costs

$263,224

N/A

  Annual cost per mobile reporting provider (n = 585 providers)

$450

N/A

  Annual cost per provider (n = 710 providers)

$371

N/A