Table 2.
Program scenario (Unit costs) | Task shifting scenario (unit costs)* | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
HIV-negative | HIV-positive | HIV-negative | HIV-positive | |
Personnel | 38.54 | 42.83 | 17.01 | 19.14 |
Transportation | 3.43 | 3.81 | 3.81 | 4.28 |
Equipment | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.39 |
Supplies | 2.13 | 4.55 | 2.18 | 4.61 |
Buildings & overhead | 2.02 | 2.24 | 2.24 | 2.52 |
Startup | 1.04 | 1.16 | 0.67 | 0.76 |
Phones and data monitoring | 0.78 | 0.86 | 0.73 | 0.82 |
TOTAL (per partner tested) | 48.24 | 55.78 | 26.99 | 32.52 |
The task shifting scenario replaces health advisors with community health workers (CHWs), and has lower cost mobile phones. We assumed CHWs tested 25% fewer partners per day compared to health advisors.