Table 3. Average category cost in each patient group and for overall bottom-up and top-down costing.
Patient sub-group | |||||||||
Cost Category | HIV-negative | HIV-positive not on ART | Started ART in 2010 | Established ART | FTSW on ART | OSW on ART | Bottom-up on ART | Top- down on ART | |
Personnel | |||||||||
Direct | 47.7 | 32.5 | 59.3 | 55.5 | 50.4 | 55.1 | 55.1 | 314.8 | |
Non-direct | 54.5 | 54.5 | 54.5 | 54.5 | 54.5 | 54.5 | 54.5 | 54.5 | |
ART | 121.3 | 515.4 | 263.8 | 373 | 318.4 | 216.6 | |||
Prophylaxis | 3.8 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 4.9 | ||
Medications | 12.5 | 10.8 | 16.7 | 13.7 | 18.4 | 11.5 | 15.1 | 26.6 | |
Laboratory | 69.6 | 127.4 | 155.2 | 156.1 | 102.4 | 149.6 | 140.8 | 163.8 | |
Peer-educators* | |||||||||
Condoms | 9.2 | 4.3 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 21.5 | 5.8 | 9.3 | 5.3 | |
Overhead | 311.1 | 311.1 | 311.1 | 311.1 | 311.1 | 311.1 | 311.1 | 311.1 | |
Mean/patient | 504.6 | 544.8 | 733.5 | 1116.8 | 830.4 | 971.3 | 913 | 1098.08 | |
Range | 468.2–571.1 | 500.6–591.7 | 706.9–775.2 | 675.1–2045.5 | 681.8–1196.7 | 694.8–1776.1 | |||
Mean/visit | 56.7 | 70 | 68 | 99.4 | 76.7 | 78.3 | 80.6 |
OSW denotes occasional sex worker; and FTSW denotes full time sex worker
*In charge of patients seeking, education/behaviour session, patient tracking and involved in ART adherence support along with the psychologist, pharmacy nurse and physician.