Skip to main content
. 2012 Mar 19;10:4. doi: 10.1186/1478-7547-10-4

Table 3.

Cost of community-Based therapeutic care compared to inpatient Therapeutic feeding Centers

Cost category TFC OTP Difference

Mean cost per child($) Mean cost per
child($)
Mean cost per child
Total institutional cost 262.62 128.58 134.04

Direct caretakers cost 0.92 0.42 0.50

Caretakers opportunity cost 21.01 5.87 15.14

Total cost 284.56 134.88 149.68