Table 4 Cost of diagnosing and treating malaria, diarrhea, and suspected pneumonia cases per CHW for 100 children from the societal perspective under the iCCM strategy in rural Uganda in 2018 (US$)
iCCM trained-CHW | CHW not trained in iCCM | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Malaria | Pneumonia | Diarrhea | Malaria | Pneumonia | Diarrhea | |
Health sector costs | ||||||
Training trainers/supervisors | 2.71 | 1.03 | 0.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Training CHWs | 9.86 | 3.77 | 2.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Quarterly meetingsa | 23.43 | 8.95 | 5.18 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Field supervision visitsb | 20.06 | 7.67 | 4.43 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Management salaries | 375.59 | 143.56 | 83.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
mRDT | 234.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Respiratory timer | 0.00 | 3.84 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Drugs | 240.90 | 24.00 | 63.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
iCCM register | 4.42 | 1.69 | 0.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Medicine box | 17.21 | 6.58 | 3.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Safety box | 7.96 | 3.05 | 1.76 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Other suppliesc | 50.20 | 19.19 | 11.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Incentivesd | 35.96 | 13.73 | 7.96 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Total | 1,022.30 | 237.06 | 184.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Costs borne by CHWs | ||||||
Consultation timee | 17.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Household visitf | 17.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Health facility visitg | 14.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Direct travel costh | 1.50 | 0.57 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Airtime costh | 0.94 | 0.35 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Drugs | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Total | 50.44 | 39.92 | 37.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Household costs | ||||||
Direct medical costs | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Direct non-medical costi | 31.00 | 31.00 | 31.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Time lost traveling to health provider | 12.00 | 12.00 | 12.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Time spent at health provider | 17.00 | 17.00 | 17.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Total | 60.00 | 60.00 | 60.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |