Table 1. Intervention programme costs for a 20-bed nursery in Dhaka Shishu Hospital, a tertiary facility with 320 paediatric beds, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1998–2003.
| Activity | Total annualized cost in US$ (%) |
|---|---|
| Start-up | 1023.15 (55.8) |
| Administrative set-up | 9.14 (0.5) |
| Orientation for neonatal unit physicians and staff | 178.45 (9.7) |
| Identification of emollient supplier | 137.30 (7.5) |
| Manual on emollient application | 274.59 (15) |
| Training of nurses | 423.67 (23.1) |
| Implementation | |
| Refresher training of nurses | 810.67 (44.2) |
| Total cost | 1833.82 |
US$, United States dollar.