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. 2016 May 17;4(2):e37. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.4342

Table 6.

Software setup and operation expenditure.

Year Seed fund expense Estimate ($)
Year 1 (Immediate) One-time software setup 29,800.00
  One-time infrastructure cost and cloud computing setup cost 50,000.00
  Yearly support and maintenance 10,000.00
  Training software administrator 31.25
  Other personnel costs 20,000.00
  Total estimated seed fund for software 109,831.25
     
Year 1 Annual PHCaexpense  
  Annual data and SMS ($18.72 × 2 × 12) 450.00
  Mobile device (10″ tablet) 562.50
  Spare mobile device 562.50
  Annual device replacement (20% device value) 112.50
  Annual electricity for device charging 300.00
  Training of 5 PHC staff members 156.25
  Total year 1 cost per PHC 2,143.75
Years 2, 3, 4, and 5b Annual data and SMS ($18.72 × 2 × 12) 450.00
  Annual device replacement (20% device value) 112.50
  Annual electricity for device charging 300.00
  Total 1-year recurrent cost per PHC 862.50

4 Year Recurrent cost 3,450.00
   Total 5-year cost per PHC 115,425.00

aPHC: primary health center, SMS: short messaging service.

bYearly recurrent cost.