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. 2012 Aug 3;88(7):498–503. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050544

Table 2.

Annual economic cost of delivering VCT and PITC services for each facility type (US$ rates in 2009)

Type of cost (Average, US$) Provincial hospital (n=1) District hospital (n=5) Sub-district hospital (n=5) Health centre (n=4) Private SRH clinic (n=5) Average
Kenya
 PITC Service
  Annual economic cost 16723 5182 1854 3004 1863 3721
   Capital cost (% of total cost) 126 (1) 91 (2) 54 (2) 118 (3) 152 (8) 104 (3)
   Personnel cost (% of total cost) 8066 (48) 2533 (49) 568 (35) 1096 (35) 793 (43) 1624 (44)
   Recurrent supplies (% of total cost) 7911 (47) 2416 (47) 1106 (62) 2081 (61) 821 (44) 1898 (51)
   Other recurrent (% of total cost) 620 (4) 142 (2) 9 (1) 20 (1) 97 (5) 94 (3)
 VCT Service
  Annual economic cost 48836 16341 5699 2768 13086 11969
   Capital cost (% of total cost) 276 (1) 125 (1) 86 (2) 87 (3) 1159 (9) 374 (3)
   Personnel cost (% of total cost) 29093 (59) 10398 (59) 3285 (64) 1200 (42) 5435 (41) 6474 (54)
   Recurrent supplies (% of total cost) 16675 (34) 6590 (37) 1633 (32) 1511 (53) 5232 (40) 4500 (38)
   Other recurrent (% of total cost) 2791 (6) 540 (3) 78.53 (2) 58 (2) 1260 (10) 621 (5)
Type of cost (Average, US$) Hospital (n=1) Health centre (n=4) PHU (n=1) Private SRH clinic (n=2) Average
Swaziland
 PITC Service
  Annual economic cost 22362 3233 13674 17385 10407
   Capital cost (% of total cost) 57 (0.3) 504 (16) 93 (1) 318 (2) 351 (3)
   Personnel cost (% of total cost) 13073 (60) 1137 (35) 1451 (11) 3658 (21) 3299 (32)
   Recurrent supplies (% of total cost) 8582 (39) 1539 (48) 12055 (87) 8411 (48) 5452 (52)
   Other recurrent (% of total cost) 181 (0.8) 52 (2) 74 (1) 4992 (29) 1306 (13)
 VCT Service
  Annual economic cost 54414 12003 11777 9767 16716
   Capital cost (% of total cost) 242 (0.4) 113 (1) 598 (5) 89 (1) 184 (1)
   Personnel cost (% of total cost) 38032 (70) 4609 (38) 2674 (23) 1282 (13) 7713 (46)
   Recurrent supplies (% of total cost) 15366 (28) 6585 (55) 8314 (70) 4713 (48) 7431 (44)
   Other recurrent (% of total cost) 773 (1) 696 (6) 191 (2) 3681 (38) 1389 (8)