Estimating average inpatient and outpatient costs and childhood pneumonia and diarrhoea treatment costs in an urban health centre in Zambia

Table 1 Annual patient care departments costs, 2006 US$

	Recurrent costs		Annualised Capital costs		Total costs
	US$	%	US$	%	US$	%
Out-Patient Department	418,079	35	8,768	10	426,847	33
In-patient department	164,914	14	25,331	28	190,245	15
Laboratory Department	32,444	3	7,269	8	39,713	3
Dental Department	19,949	2	2,389	3	22,338	2
Labour/postnatal ward	80,297	7	14,071	16	94,368	7
VCT Ward	8,330	1	1,329	1	9,659	1
Mother and child health department	103,515	9	11,903	13	115,418	9
ART Department	339,570	28	17,513	20	357,083	28
Family planning department	28,031	2	603	1	28,634	2
Total	1,195,129	100	89,176	100	1,284,305	100

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