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. 2014 Mar 13;9(3):e91781. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091781

Table 3. Unit Cost of providing health care services through Community Health workers (CHW) in India.

Unit Cost Unadjusted INR (USD) Adjusted at 80% capacity utilization INR (USD) Adjusted at 100% capacity utilization INR (USD)
Median Percentile Median Percentile Median Percentile
2.5th 97.5th 2.5th 97.5th 2.5th 97.5th
Per person per year 187 (3.5) 166 (3.1) 209 (3.9) 199 (4) 176 (3) 220 (4) 216 (4) 192 (4) 239 (4)
Per child per year 576 (11) 519 (10) 640 (12) 613 (12) 550 (10) 674 (13) 666 (12) 600 (11) 733 (14)
Per out-patient consultation 370 (7) 299 (6) 465 (9) 394 (7) 317 (6) 490 (9) 428 (8) 345 (6) 532 (10)
Per ANC case registered 525 (10) 456 (9) 619 (12) 559 (10) 483 (9) 652 (12) 607 (11) 526 (10) 708 (13)
Per PNC case registered 767 (14) 538 (10) 1092 (20) 817 (15) 570 (11) 1150 (22) 887 (17) 621 (12) 1250 (23)
Per child immunized (Routine) 97 (1.8) 77 (1.5) 120 (2.3) 103 (2) 82 (2) 127 (2) 112 (2) 89 (2) 138 (3)
Per child immunized (IPPI) 1474 (28) 67 (1.3) 3273 (61) 1570 (29) 71 (1) 3447 (65) 1704 (32) 77 (1) 3748 (70)
Per child examined (School Health) 1078 (20) 375 (7) 1951 (37) 1148 (22) 398 (7) 2055 (39) 1247 (23) 433 (8) 2234 (42)
Per Tubectomy motivation (Family Planning) 561 (11) 347 (7) 887 (17) 598 (11) 368 (7) 934 (18) 649 (12) 401 (8) 1016 (19)
Per patient complete DOTS treatment 974 (18) 753 (14) 1249 (23) 1037 (19) 798 (15) 1316 (25) 1126 (21) 870 (16) 1430 (27)

Note: ANC (antenatal care), PNC (postnatal care), IPPI (Intensive Pulse Polio Immunization), DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short-term for TB patients).