Table 3

COVID-19 case management unit costs for patients with severe and critical COVID-19 disease

Inputs	Unit costs for severe COVID-19 disease			Unit costs for critical COVID-19 disease
Inputs	KES	US$	% of total cost	KES	USS	% of total cost
Accommodation and overheads	22 829.61	216.41	14.48	48 000.00	455.01	6.32
Staffing	19 835.18	188.03	12.58	350 512.56	3322.65	46.19
Pharmaceuticals (medicines, etc)	55 224.45	523.49	35.03	71 946.61	682.01	9.48
Non-pharmaceuticals (fluids, devices, etc)	2487.2	23.58	1.58	4527.20	42.92	0.60
COVID-19 test	1816.62	17.22	1.15	1816.62	17.22	0.24
Other laboratory tests	10 817.77	102.55	6.86	21 817.77	206.82	2.87
Radiology	2961.70	28.08	1.88	2961.70	28.08	0.39
Personal protective equipment	44 292.37	419.86	28.10	243 173.78	2305.14	32.04
Oxygen therapy	13 413.79	127.15	12.82	15 676.79	148.61	8.19
Equipment costs (including ventilator) and monitoring in ICU	–	–	–	12 887.60	122.17	1.70
Total cost per patient	157 644.79	1494.38		758 917.30	7194.07
Patient cost per day	13 137.07	124.54		63 243.11	599.51