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Table 5 Distribution of fixed and variable costs, BRAC Shushastha, July 2004-June 2005

From: Cost recovery of NGO primary health care facilities: a case study in Bangladesh

Category

IPD% (US$)

OPD% (US$)

Total% (US$)

Fixed costs

   

Space rent

8.81(3099.91)

3.63 (817.13)

6.81

Capital items (annualized)

18.12 (6373.40)

15.27 (3416.21)

17.01

Supervision

0.38 (133.66)

0.60 (133.66)

0.46

Total fixed costs

27.31 (9606.97)

19.52 (4367.00)

24.28 (13973.97)

Variable costs

   

Personnel

17.69 (6221.59)

53.47 (11963.36)

31.60

Training

0.23 (79.74)

0.09 (19.94)

0.17

Drug

24.18 (8504.99)

9.16 (2048.56)

18.34

Non-drug medical

12.34 (4338.72)

0.00 (0)

7.54

Non-drug non-medical

1.94 (683.14)

5.49 (1227.63)

3.32

Operational costs

16.31 (5737.56)

5.18 (1158.15)

11.98

Pathological (recurrent)

0.00 (0)

7.11 (1591.11)

2.76

Total variable costs

72.69 (25565.73)

80.48 (18008.75)

75.72 (43574.48)

Total costs

100 (35172.70)

100 (22375.74)

100 (57548.44)