Table 5.
Health worker and patient cost by disease condition based on measured time involvement (US$ 2020). Mean costs and 95% confidence intervals are given in parentheses
| Provider | HIV only | Diabetes | Hypertension | HIV + diabetes | HIV + hypertension | Diabetes + hypertension | HIV + diabetes + hypertension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinician | $1.70 (1.49, 2.08) | $1.96 (1.49, 2.37) | $1.59 (1.32, 2.00) | $1.92 (1.68, 2.18) | $1.82 (1.41, 2.59) | $1.45 (1.16, 1.69) | $2.25 (1.52, 2.81) |
| Technician | $0.43 (0.33, 0.60) | $0.79 (0.55, 1.16) | $0.41 (0.20, 0.61) | $0.60 (0.54, 0.71) | $0.76 (0.55, 0.93) | $0.59 (0.43, 0.96) | $1.05 (0.55, 1.61) |
| Nurse | $0.54 (0.35, 0.71) | $0.56 (0.36, 0.74) | $0.44 (0.26, 0.65) | $0.48 (0.36, 0.55) | $0.99 (0.49, 1.58) | $0.32 (0.20, 0.45) | $0.49 (0.42, 0.56) |
| Pharmacist | $0.34 (0.23, 0.43) | $0.58 (0.30, 0.78) | $0.50 (0.41, 0.63) | $0.37 (0.15, 0.76) | $0.49 (0.27, 0.99) | $0.34 (0.15, 0.51) | $0.16 (0.12, 0.21) |
| Triage | $0.93 (0.56, 1.37) | $0.96 (0.62, 1.44) | $0.71 (0.47, 0.90) | $0.41 (0.18, 0.61) | $0.92 (0.35, 2.35) | $0.50 (0.33, 0.75) | $1.72 (0.30, 2.60) |
| Patient | $1.42 (0.85, 2.42) | $1.26 (1.13, 1.47) | $1.86 (1.35, 2.91) | $1.44 (0.95, 2.13) | $1.05 (0.67, 1.37) | $1.57 (1.17, 2.42) | $1.59 (0.99, 2.63) |