Average unit cost, including vaccine cost (2017 US$), by facility type
| Bihar | Gujarat | Kerala | Meghalaya | Punjab | Uttar Pradesh | West Bengal | |
| Sub-centre | |||||||
| Sampled facilities | 9 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 19 |
| Cost per target child* | 12 (7–24) | 26 (16–42) | 29 (16–50) | 20 (11–47) | 28 (13–40) | 15 (7–22) | 26 (15–39) |
| Cost per dose | 1.4 (0.9–3) | 2 (1.5–4) | 9 (4–22) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 1 (0.8–2) | 2 (1–3) |
| Cost per DPT3/pentavalent3 child | 20 (11–49) | 27 (16–53) | 82 (34–220) | 25 (13–44) | 32 (18–46) | 19 (11–27) | 29 (16–44) |
| Cost per fully immunised child | 20 (12–52) | 27 (19–52) | 74 (31–192) | 31 (16–65) | 31 (18–43) | 17 (9–34) | 28 (17–43) |
| Primary Health Centre | |||||||
| Sampled facilities | 7 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 17 |
| Cost per target child* | 14 (10–18) | 60 (28–94) | 138 (64–240) | 33 (10–66) | 39 (18–99) | 19 (18–19) | 34 (17–58) |
| Cost per dose | 1.5 (0.9–2) | 6 (3–11) | 9 (3–22) | 3 (1–5) | 3 (2–7) | 1.8 (1.5–2) | 3 (1–5) |
| Cost per DPT3/pentavalent3 child | 21 (12–25) | 62 (32–107) | 74 (30–186) | 45 (12–78) | 42 (19–103) | 25 (19–29) | 36 (17–70) |
| Cost per fully immunised child | 21 (10–28) | 65 (31–121) | 80 (31–201) | 50 (12–88) | 42 (20–97) | 23 (15–28) | 39 (18–68) |
| Community Health Centre | |||||||
| Sampled facilities | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 8 |
| Cost per dose | 7 (0.8–25) | 3 (2–9) | 10 (3–22) | 3 (2–4) | 3 (1–5) | 2 (1–2) | 4 (2–6) |
| Cost per DPT3/pentavalent3 child | 98 (15–338) | 170 (18–816) | 85 (27–180) | 41 (26–58) | 44 (18–89) | 30 (22–50) | 60 (35–88) |
| Cost per fully immunised child | 133 (16–483) | 169 (16–816) | 91 (35–217) | 41 (28–55) | 48 (17–106) | 28 (19–42) | 57 (35–88) |
| District Hospital Post-partum Unit | |||||||
| Sampled facilities | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Cost per dose | 0.7 (0.4–0.9) | 2 (1–5) | 1.7 (1.3–2.1) | 1 (0.6–2) | 0.8 (0.5–1) | 0.5 (0.4–0.6) | 0.5 (0.4–0.7) |
| Cost per DPT3/pentavalent3 child | 17 (8–22) | 47 (30–83) | 36 (31–46) | 22 (16–26) | 19 (7–35) | 10 (9–11) | 46 (7–107) |
| Cost per fully immunised child | 18 (9–24) | 56 (29–111) | 43 (35–55) | 26 (16–31) | 20 (9–38) | 10 (8–12) | 47 (6–102) |
Note: US$1=INR 64.
*Target child is the 0–1 year target of each sampled vaccinator. Figures in parentheses indicate range. Because most vaccinators at CHCs and PP units were unable to provide information on target children, we omitted cost per target child for these facilities.