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. 2017 Mar 28;17:239. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2169-4

Table 3.

Detailed scale-up costs per site

Details Unit of Issue No of units Unit cost Total KES per line item Total KES per category Total USD per line item Total USD per category
Personnel
 Diploma Nurse 25% FTE 0.25 444,240 KES 111,060 $1,314
 Counselor 100% FTE 2 201,840 KES 403,680 $4,776
Personnel total KES 514,740 $6,089
Supplies
 Sharp pointed pen pkt 2 500 KES 1,000 $12
 Whiteboard markers pkt 2 1200 KES 2,400 $28
 Airtime for assessment coordinatora 75/week per office 1 20000 KES 20,000 $237
 Airtime for physician consultation 4 calls × 40 weeks 160 50 KES 8,000 $95
 Box files pieces 5 155 KES 775 $9
 Suspension files box 2 3500 KES 7,000 $83
 Photocopy copy 2000 3 KES 6,000 $71
 Benzodiazepines (10% of pts per year) patient 16 24 KES 384 $5
 Multivitamins patient 16 16 KES 256 $3
Supplies total KES 45,815 $542
Provided by hospital facility:
 2 rooms
 Psychotropic medicines and benzodiazepines
Participant Payments
 Participant payments (Participants × 6 visits) Visits 960 200 KES 192,000 $2,271
Participant payment total KES 192,000 $2,271
TOTAL EXPENSES PER SITE PER YEAR KES 752,555 $8,903

Notes: These projections are based on 1 year, 2 counselors, 1 location. This model can serve 160 (first year)-240 (years 2–5) participants (3 groups/week per counselor with 8 months of work.)

a500 KES/week × 40 weeks (assuming counselors will take leave at different times)

Sources for salaries and per-diem rates:

Accommodation and subsistence allowance for officers travelling on duty within and outside Kenya. Memo from the office of the Prime Minister, Government of Kenya, 12 November 2009, Ref. No. MSPS 18/2A/(89)

Re-alignment of the salary structure for civil servants. Memo from the Office of the Prime Minister, Government of Kenya, 25 June 2012, Ref. No. MSPS 2/6/4A Vol. X/(2)

Re-alignment of teachers’ salary with those of civil servants. Memo from the Teacher Service Commission, 1 October 2012, Circular No 21/2012, Ref. TSC/ADM/192A/35

Rates of allowances payable to government sponsored trainees. Memo from the Office of the President, Government of Kenya, 1 November 2004, Ref. No. OP/CAB.2/12A