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.