Table 4.
Health system costs for an episode of RSV LRTI in Kilifi and Siaya, Kenya
| Cost Parameters | Hospital costs to all patients | 2019 to 2021 prices | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Outpatient and inpatient) in 2019 (KSHS) | Unit cost/LRTI episode (KSHS) | Adjusted costs(KSHS) | Unit cost/LRTI episode (USD) | Mean cost/RSV-LRTI episode (USD) | |
| A. Kilifi County Hospital | n = 79 | ||||
| Laboratory/clinical procedures and supplies | 3,377,305 | 240.41 | 265.19 | 2.42 | 2.58(1.88–3.27) |
| Staff costs | 378,048,256 | 23,401.81 | 25,813.83 | 235.44 | 250.94(183.07–318.80) |
| Costs paid by KCH | 73,949,400 | 4,386.71 | 4,838.85 | 44.13 | 47.03(34.31–59.76) |
| Costs paid by the County government | 221,848,200 | 13,160.13 | 14,516.54 | 132.40 | 141.12(102.95-179.28) |
| Costs paid by KEMRI | 82,250,656 | 5,854.97 | 6,458.44 | 58.91 | 62.79(45.81–79.77) |
| Administrative costs | 14,643,151.00 | 868.64 | 958.17 | 8.74 | 9.32(6.79–11.84) |
| Costs paid by KCH | 4,512,625 | 267.69 | 295.28 | 2.69 | 2.87(2.09–3.64) |
| Costs paid by KEMRI | 10,130,526 | 600.95 | 662.89 | 6.05 | 6.45(4.70–81.9 |
| Total costs | 396,068,712 | 24,510.86 | 27,037.19 | 246.60 | 262.83(191.75-333.92) |
| B. Siaya County Hospital | n = 21 | ||||
| Laboratory/clinical procedures and supplies | 17,112,166 | 1,401 | 1,545.18 | 14.09 | 19.73(14.16–25.29) |
| Staff costs | 155,559,480 | 17,685 | 19,508.07 | 177.93 | 249.10(178.87-319.34) |
| Administrative costs | 53,250,800 | 6,054 | 6,677.96 | 60.91 | 85.27(61.23-109.32) |
| Total costs | 225,922,446 | 25,140 | 27,731.21 | 252.93 | 354.10(254.26-453.94 |