Type of cost
|
Expenditures
|
Specification
|
Source of resources used
|
Source of cost
|
Cost calculation
|
Medical direct costs |
Primary healthcare consultations |
Medical practitioner |
Self-reported and comparison |
Healthcare provider |
|
Facility nurse |
Answers in questionnaires |
Hospitalisation |
Varied |
|
Provider |
Healthcare provider |
Resource × unit cost |
Secondary care consultation |
Other specialist |
|
Self-reported and comparison |
Healthcare provider |
Number of visits × tariff |
Diagnostic tests |
Radiology and laboratory |
|
Self-reported and comparison |
Healthcare provider |
Number of visits × tariff |
Pharmaceutical supplies |
Inhalers and antibiotics |
|
Provider |
Standard pharmaceutical prices |
Medicine bought × price |
Additional medical services |
Rehabilitation and other therapies |
|
Provider |
Healthcare provider |
Service provide × tariff |
Material provided in PAL intervention |
Leaflets and booklets |
|
Provider |
Provider and production cost |
Number of material × price |
Equipment used in intervention |
Sputum containers |
|
Provider |
Provider and market prices |
|
Pulse oximeter |
Nebulizer |
Spirometer |
Non-medical direct costs |
Aid to patients who face disabilities |
Aid in household |
Self-reported |
Patient |
Hours of aid × price per aid |
Transport cost e.g. referrals |
|
|
Self-reported |
Patient |
Distance × price |
Indirect costs |
Cost of lost |
Absenteeism |
Self-reported |
Patient |
|
Productivity |