Table 5 Financial and economic costs of Myanmar electronic surveillance intervention and mobile reporting intervention among field-based supervisors

Financial costs

 Start-up

  System design and configuration (DHIS2)

$39,363

3.0%

  Piloting (DHIS2)

$4832

0.4%

  Training (DHIS2)

$9361

0.7%

  Server setup

$300

0.0%

  Surveillance bulletin design

$2443

0.2%

  App piloting

$4178

0.3%

  App training for field officers

$12,672

1.0%

 Sub-total start-up

$73,149

5.6%

 Capital

  Tablets (for mobile reporting)

$80,200

6.1%

  Hardware (desktops)

$9600

0.7%

 Sub-total capital (annual)

$89,800

6.8%

 Recurrent

  DHIS2 maintenance and routine upgrades

$10,070

0.8%

  Server hosting

$13,680

1.0%

  Provider social and behaviour change communication and supervision

$1,093,680

83.1%

  Mobile data packages

$36,000

2.7%

 Sub-total recurrent

$1,153,430

87.6%

 Total costs

$1,316,379

100%

  Annual costs

$437,954

N/A

  Cost per provider (16,000 providers)

$27

N/A

Economic costs

 Startup costs

  System design and configuration (DHIS2)

$200,809

5.1%

  Piloting (DHIS2)

$5124

0.1%

  Training (DHIS2)

$875,760

22.0%

  Server setup

$318

0.0%

  Surveillance bulletin design

$2590

0.1%

  App piloting

$4430

0.1%

  App training for field officers

$13,438

0.3%

  App development

$27,549

0.7%

 Sub-total start-up

$1,130,019

28.3%

 Capital

  Tablets (for mobile reporting)

$85,048

2.1%

  Hardware (desktops)

$10,180

0.3%

 Sub-total capital (annual)

$95,228

2.4%

 Recurrent

  DHIS2 maintenance and routine upgrades

$40,070

1.0%

  Paper and electronic data entry

$1,555,200

39.0%

  Server hosting

$13,680

0.3%

  Provider social and behaviour change communication and supervision

$1,093,680

27.4%

  Mobile data packages

$38,244

1.0%

  App maintenance

$22,500

0.6%

 Sub-total recurrent

$2,763,374

69.3%

 Total costs

$3,939,268

100%

  Annual costs

$1,310,912

N/A

  Cost per provider (16,000 providers)

$82

N/A