Cost effectiveness of community-based and in-patient therapeutic feeding programs to treat severe acute malnutrition in Ethiopia

Table 2 Institutional cost in the two models, Shebedino Woreda, Sidama Zone, March 2007

Cost category	Therapeutic Feeding Center		Community-based therapeutic care
	Mean cost per child($)	Percent	Mean cost per child($)	Percent
All personnel salaries	122.36	46.59	37.1	28.85
Capital depreciation and utilities*	50.47	19.22	17.92	13.94
Medicines	2.51	0.96	1.92	1.49
RUTF/Milk based formula	42.93	16.35	55.53	43.19
Caretakers' food	11.64	4.43	0.15	0.12
Non food item supplies	23.25	8.85	13.77	10.71
Other supplies	9.46	3.60	2.18	1.70
Total institutional cost	262.62	100.00	128.58	100.00

*Here utilities include vehicle fuel and operation, electricity, maintenance, etc, RUTF ready to use therapeutic food

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