Table 3.
Clinic cost inputs and distributions (costs are presented in 2012 US dollars).a
Cost inputs | RPR |
RST |
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Peru | Tanzania | Zambia | Peru | Tanzania | Zambia | |
Fixed systems costs | 494.15 | 760.04 | 1,840.54 | |||
(380–619) | (684–893) | (1502–2046) | ||||
Fixed clinic costs | 1563.12 | 60.04 | 399.37 | 772.17 | 135.48 | 311.66 |
(24.64–7150) | (45.61–76.89) | (185–645) | (320–2879) | (93.06–253) | (155–525) | |
RPR equipment | 176.47 | 26.83 | 96.02 | |||
(10.61–724) | (26.83–26.83) | (23.14–136) | ||||
Screening costs | ||||||
Personnel | 1.66 | 0.36 | 1.74 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.45 |
(1.17–2.88) | (0.24–0.47) | (0.99–2.63) | (0.05–0.36) | (0.05–0.36) | (0.05–0.36) | |
Test kits | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.94 | 1.29 | 0.72 |
Supplies and others | 0.99 | 0.79 | 0.2 | 0.38 | 0.18 | 0.09 |
(0.78–1.28) | (0.67–0.91) | (0.11–0.3) | (0.33–0.66) | (0.04–0.42) | (0.02–0.16) | |
Counselling costs | Counseling and treatment costs applied from RST observed costs |
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Negative | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.15 | |||
(0.11–0.55) | (0.02–0.08) | (0.07–0.35) | ||||
Positive | 1.13 | 0.14 | 0.33 | |||
(0.66–2.59) | (0.05–0.25) | (0.17–0.75) | ||||
Treatment costs | ||||||
Personnel first treatment | 1.08 | 0.29 | 0.3 | |||
(0.783–1.94) | (0.15–0.51) | (0.23–0.36) | ||||
Supplies (incl. drugs) | 0.63 | 0.74 | 0.69 | |||
(0.58–0.78) | (0.61–0.95) | (0.63–0.82) | ||||
Personnel second and third treatments | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.3 | |||
(0.23–0.77) | (0.15–0.51) | (0.23–0.36) |
Abbreviations: RPR, rapid plasma reagin; RST, rapid syphilis test.
Point estimates are averages across facilities in each country, and ranges are lowest and highest values observed across the clinics.