Table 2.

Operating costs for the non-communicable disease clinic across all categories for fiscal year 2013–2014

Cost category	Cost (US$)	% Effort	Proportion of total cost (%)
Labour	36 980.08		54
Staff	31 923.70
Archivist	148.05	5
Cashier	236.89	8
Billing officer	148.05	5
Data officer	3626.10	1
Electrician	65.80	2
Laboratory technician	461.54	20
Pharmacist	1395.85	20
Physician	4193.62	30
Nurse (A0 level)	10 419.56	50
Nurse (A1 level)	6935.13	50
Plumber	52.37	2
Social worker	1085.68	30
Stock manager	360.10	5
Cleaning cooperative	2794.96	4
Supervising consultants	5056.38	5
Medications	11 420.17		17
Facility and maintenance*	8528.36		12
Social services†	5786.35		8
Transportation	2077.15
Food packages	3709.20
Laboratory testing	4496.53		6
Miscellaneous consumables	1315.88		2
NCD refresher training (two nurses)	447.73		1
Total annual operating costs	68 975.10		100

A0-level nurses have received 3 years of post-secondary education; A1-level nurses have received secondary-school vocational training in nursing.

*Facility and maintenance cost includes sewage, electricity, plumbing, equipment maintenance and repair, security, landscaping, cleaning, office supplies, communications fees, taxes and bank fees.

†During the study period, 27.2% of patients received social services (16.1% transportation support, 11.1% food packages).

NCD, non-communicable disease.