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

Table 3.

Average unit cost per person counselled and tested, breakdown of unit cost by input type and cost per person testing positive (US$ rates in 2009)

Facility type/type of cost 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
  Capital 0.04 0.06 (0.01–0.19) 0.42 (0.05–1.27) 0.26 (0.06–0.48) 0.51 (0.36–0.65) 0.30
  Personnel 2.61 2.22 (0.97–5.30) 2.40 (0.75–3.85) 1.41 (0.82 2.06) 2.60 (1.64–4.08) 2.22
  Other recurrent 2.76 2.60 (2.42–2.95) 3.03 (2.37–4.01) 2.68 (2.45–2.98) 3.00 (2.15–4.23) 2.83
  Mean cost per client C&T 5.41 4.92 5.82 4.81 6.11 5.71
  Mean cost per client diagnosed HIV positive 34.27 47.02 45.65 110.40 (Not available) 46.96
 VCT
  Capital 0.09 0.07 (0.01–0.17) 0.31 (0.07–0.56) 0.20 (0.01–0.38) 0.50 (0.31–0.81) 0.26
  Personnel 9.56 4.39 (1.91–8.88) 9.8.41 (0.92–27.66) 2.55 (0.04–4.87) 2.83 (1.51–5.40) 4.89
  Other recurrent 6.40 3.01 (2.60–2.61) 2.97 (2.50–4.32) 3.04 (2.72–3.74) 4.01 (2.97–5.34) 3.42
  Mean cost per client C&T 16.05 11.86 11.69 5.05 7.34 8.27
  Mean cost per client diagnosed HIV positive 53.49 97.97 140.55 123.64 93.15 110.32
Facility type/type of cost Hospital (n=1) Health centre (n=4) PHU (n=1) Private SRH clinic (n=2) Average
Swaziland
 PITC
  Capital 0.03 3.17 (0.01–12.38) 0.05 0.29 (0.23–0.35) 1.67
  Personnel 7.89 3.40 (1.65–4.95) 0.73 2.06 (0.86–3.25) 3.29
  Other recurrent 5.29 5.22 (5.08–5.54) 6.14 11.16 (11.03–11.30) 6.83
  Mean cost per client C&T 13.21 11.79 6.92 13.51 7.79
  Mean cost per client diagnosed HIV positive 25.25 20.88 20.26 126.88 47.85
 VCT
  Capital 0.09 0.09 (0.04–0.16) 0.44 0.14 (0.07–0.22) 0.15
  Personnel 13.50 4.17 (1.32–10.13) 1.97 0.96 (0.80–1.12) 4.26
  Other recurrent 5.73 5.65 (5.23–6.23) 6.27 10.60 (9.82–11.37) 6.98
  Mean cost per client C&T 19.32 9.91 8.68 11.70 9.44
  Mean cost per client diagnosed HIV positive 45.35 24.52 13.28 103.87 45.56