Table 1. Cost of pediatric cataract surgery in Blantyre, Malawi, and Kitwe, Zambia, in 2011.
| Units | Malawi | Zambia | |
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| USD | USD | ||
| Labor cost | |||
| Medical staff (ophthalmologist, refractionist, anesthetist, clinician) | Month | 3,757 | 3,719 |
| Nursing staff (surgical nurse, circulating nurse, ward nurse) | Month | 720 | 1,243 |
| Other staff (CHBLVC, optical technician and dispenser) | Month | 969 | 1,121 |
| Total | Month | 5,446 | 6,083 |
| Total annual labor cost | Year | 65,350 | 73,000 |
| Treatment | |||
| Consumable | Per child | 78 | 133 |
| Medication | Per child | 7 | 22 |
| Total | Per child | 85 | 155 |
| Volume | Year | 112 | 120 |
| Total annual treatment cost | Year | 9,550 | 18,605 |
| Total cost | Per child | 669 | 763 |
| Adjusted total costa | Per child | 202 | 277 |
CHBLVC, childhood blindness and low vision coordinator.
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Derived from estimating the labor cost allocation proportional to the employees' time (20%) devoted to pediatric cataract management.