Table 2. Time and costs attainment prior to implementation of an electronic data capture system in three typhoid endemic sites, 2016.
| Material or activity ** | Time to attain
item or complete activity varied by site |
Number of
units required (Range) |
Unit cost
(US$) * |
Variable
cost (US$) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Days | Unit | X 1 – X 2 | Y | X 1 . Y |
| Tablets (including screen
protectors and protective cover) § |
7–60 | Tablet | 27 – 42 | 200.26 | 5,407.02 |
| Desktop server computers § | 0–30 | Computer | 1 – 4 | 1,523.21 | 1,523.21 |
| Network devices § | 0–30 | Router | 1 – 4 | 183.82 | 183.82 |
| Barcodes | 7–21 | Sheet | 1,500 – 2,530 | 0.48 | 720.00 |
| Electronic census report form
(eCRF) development and customization Ŧ |
60 | eCRF | 1 – 3 | 3,000.00 | 3,000.00 |
| Training field workers | 2–5 | Field
worker |
27 – 37 | 56.82 | 1,479.60 |
| Replacement of malfunctioned
tablets |
7–30 | Tablet | 1 – 3 | 200.26 | 200.26 |
| Backpacks | 7–60 | Backpack | 27 – 42 | 47.33 | 1,277.91 |
* Average unit cost estimated in 2016 across all study sites.
Ŧ Only 1 uniform eCRF was developed for 3 sites, for purposes of calculations, we divide the total cost by 3.
§ Some tablets already existed in other sites. Similarly, network devices and computer servers pre-existed in Malawi, Bangladesh, and a central coordinating site (Oxford Vaccine Group) but not in Nepal.
** Excludes costs of electric power to servers, charging tablets and data synchronization because of uncertainty.
US$ United States dollar currency.