Table 1.

List of multipliers

Multiplier name	Example usage in costing calculations
Country intermediate area count (eg, provinces, districts)	One information technology officer per intermediate area
Country local area count (eg, counties, cities)	One trainer for annual surveillance training per local area
Country total population	Two veterinary officers per million population
Country national healthcare facilities count	Two mobile phones for surveillance units per healthcare facility
Number of meeting attendees (small, medium, large)	One per diem per policy meeting attendee

Multipliers are used to adjust scale base costs according to country-specific parameters information. These multipliers are used iteratively throughout the costing calculations and can also be edited by the end user.