Table 2 Mean costs per patient of cataract surgery and refractive error correction (2010 US$)
| Â | Lusaka eye hospital | Choma eye unit | Livingstone eye unit | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Cataract surgery | Refraction | Cataract surgery | Refraction | Cataract surgery | Refraction |
General overhead | 31 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 30 |
Surgery overhead | 21 | NA | 9 | NA | NC | NA |
Diagnosis specific equipment | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
Diagnosis specific drugs and supplies | 33 | 10 | 18 | 0.5 | 18 | 0.8 |
Diagnosis specific staff | 18 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 26 | 3 |
Spectacles | NA | 15 | NA | 4 | NA | 20 |
Subtotal | 111 | 70 | 49 | 21 | 76 | 66 |
Transport | 17 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Total | 128 | 88 | 53 | 22 | 80 | 68 |