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. 2015 Jun;130(Suppl 1):S73–S80. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.04.007

Table 3.

Clinic cost inputs and distributions (costs are presented in 2012 US dollars).a

Cost inputs
RPR


RST

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
 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.

a

Point estimates are averages across facilities in each country, and ranges are lowest and highest values observed across the clinics.