Table 6.

Estimated unit and total annual healthcare costs of haemodialysis

Perspective	Cost category	Item	Cost (USD)	% Provider cost
Provider unit cost	Variable	Personnel	42.57	34.41
		Supplies	60.38	48.82
		Water quality management	0.03	0.02
		Servicing of water plant	0.2	0.16
		Maintenance of dialysis machine	0.02	0.01
		Sub-total	103.2	83.42
	Fixed	Rent/month	0.11	0.09
		Dialysis machine	20.39	16.49
		Other equipment	0	0
		Sub-total	20.5	16.58
	Total		123.69
Patient unit cost		Direct (drugs, laboratory investigation, transportation, and feeding)	28.51
Total cost per session of dialysis			152.20
Estimated annual cost of dialysis			23742.96