Table 1.

Costing methodology used in the model

Parameter	Direct cost computation
Total cost of drugs	Number of units × cost per unit
Total cost of disposables	(Units of disposable per infusion × unit cost) × number of visits
Total monitoring cost True hospital cost	(Gross salary of doctor per month/25 days/480 minutes/day + gross salary of nurse per month/25 days/480 minutes/day) × minutes of infusion × number of infusions (Total infusion hours/8 hours) × hospital cost × number of visits
	Indirect cost computation
Total productivity loss	Number of visits × (Gross domestic product per capita/300)
Total traveling cost	Number of visits × traveling cost per visit

Notes: Disposable: cannula and serum device. In the case of inpatients, as “number of visits”, we have used the number of additional visits for infusion after patient discharge.