Table 2.
Measures of health systems and patient cost
| Measurements of cost | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||