Table 4 Financial and economic costs of Lao PDR electronic surveillance intervention and provider mobile reporting intervention
From: Costing electronic private sector malaria surveillance in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Cost category | Total costs | % |
|---|---|---|
Financial costs | ||
Start-up | ||
System design and configuration (DHIS2) | $5768 | 5.5% |
Piloting (DHIS2) | $595 | 0.4% |
Training (DHIS2) | $7473 | 4.7% |
Server set-up | $150 | 0.1% |
Surveillance bulletin design | $5107 | 3.2% |
MCS App design and development | $27,362 | 16.9% |
MCS App piloting | $5659 | 3.5% |
MCS App training for providers | $8281 | 5.2% |
Sub-total start-up | $63,250 | 39.5% |
Capital | ||
Hardware (desktops) | $2400 | 1.5% |
Equipment (tablets for field officers) | $4800 | 3.0% |
Sub-total capital | $7200 | 4.5% |
Recurrent | ||
DHIS2 maintenance and routine upgrades | $8245 | 5.1% |
Server hosting | $5976 | 3.7% |
MCS App maintenance and routine upgrades | $12,877 | 8.0% |
Monthly mobile data packages | $8640 | 5.4% |
Paper-based data entry | $7445 | 4.6% |
Provider BCC and supervision | $44,490 | 28.0% |
Monitoring and evaluation | $1750 | 1.1% |
Sub-total recurrent | $89,873 | 56.1% |
Total costs | $160,323 | 100% |
Annual costs | $53,441 | N/A |
Annual cost per private provider (n = 432) | $124 | N/A |
Annual cost per private provider reporting by mobile (n = 250) | $214 | N/A |
Economic costs | ||
Startup cost | ||
System design and configuration (DHIS2) | $168,446 | 36.8% |
Piloting (DHIS2) | $631 | 0.1% |
Training (DHIS2) | $13,243 | 2.9% |
Server set-up | $159 | 0.0% |
Surveillance bulletin design | $5415 | 1.2% |
MCS App design and development | $28,781 | 6.2% |
MCS App piloting | $6001 | 1.3% |
MCS App training for providers | $10,156 | 2.2% |
Sub-total startup | $232,833 | 50.8% |
Capital | ||
Hardware (desktops) | $2545 | 0.6% |
Equipment (tablets for field officers) | $5090 | 1.1% |
Equipment (provider smartphones) | $39,767 | 8.7% |
Sub-total capital (annual) | $47,402 | 10.3% |
Recurrent | ||
DHIS2 maintenance and routine upgrades | $8245 | 1.8% |
DHIS2 software upgrades | $30,000 | 6.5% |
Server hosting | $5976 | 1.3% |
MCS App maintenance and routine upgrades | $12,877 | 2.8% |
Monthly mobile data packages | $12,177 | 2.7% |
Paper-based and electronic data entry | $62,215 | 13.6% |
Provider BCC and supervision | $44,940 | 9.8% |
Monitoring and evaluation | $1750 | 0.4% |
Sub-total recurrent | $178,179 | 38.9% |
Total costs | $458,414 | 100% |
Annual costs | $152,805 | N/A |
Annual cost per private provider (n = 432) | $354 | N/A |
Annual cost per private provider reporting by mobile (n = 250) | $611 | N/A |