Table 1 Costs of the Hypertension Programme and Usual Care in 2010 International Dollars.
From: Cost-effectiveness of a hypertension management programme in an elderly population: a Markov model
Hypertension Programme | Usual care | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Concept | Unit cost # | Quantity * | Annual cost & | Unit cost # | Quantity * | Annual cost & |
Hypertension programme | ||||||
Labour | ||||||
Physicians | 15.73 | 3,168.00 | 49,820.80 | NA | NA | NA |
Fellows | 10.27 | 4,752.00 | 48,808.07 | NA | NA | NA |
Monitors | 5.29 | 15,744.00 | 83,272.20 | NA | NA | NA |
Education coordinator | 24.22 | 204.00 | 4,940.97 | NA | NA | NA |
Educational workshops | 20.76 | 564.03 | 11,708.14 | NA | NA | NA |
Secretary | 6.60 | 528.00 | 3,485.35 | NA | NA | NA |
Nurse | 7.93 | 13,305.60 | 105,507.51 | NA | NA | NA |
Epidemiologist | 14.16 | 120.00 | 1,698.83 | NA | NA | NA |
Labour subtotal | 309,241.87 | NA | ||||
Labour subtotal per patient | 10.31 | NA | ||||
Capital | ||||||
Coordinator's furnishings | 2,901.14 | 1.00 | 638.17 | NA | NA | NA |
Offices' furnishings | 2,238.88 | 1.00 | 492.49 | NA | NA | NA |
Sphygmomanometer | 90.50 | 7.00 | 139.36 | NA | NA | NA |
Coordinator's computers | 1,703.98 | 5.00 | 1,874.16 | NA | NA | NA |
Offices' computers | 1,703.98 | 4.20 | 1,574.29 | NA | NA | NA |
Capital costs subtotal | 4,718.48 | NA | ||||
Capital cost subt per patient | 0.16 | NA | ||||
Land | ||||||
Administrative office | 112.09 | 7.50 | 10,088.39 | NA | NA | NA |
Medical office | 112.09 | 7.50 | 10,088.39 | NA | NA | NA |
Support office | 32.38 | 31.50 | 12,240.58 | NA | NA | NA |
Workshop space | 16.61 | 564.03 | 9,366.51 | NA | NA | NA |
Land subtotal | 41,783.86 | NA | ||||
Land suptotal per patient | 1.39 | NA | ||||
Resources | ||||||
Telephone | ||||||
Effective call | 0.12 | 7,959.96 | 971.57 | NA | NA | NA |
Ineffective call (non-response) | 0.04 | 7,280.04 | 296.19 | NA | NA | NA |
Telephone subtotal | 1,267.76 | NA | ||||
Telephone subtotal per patient | 0.04 | NA | ||||
Brochures | ||||||
Brochures | 1.07 | 10,000.00 | 10,711.13 | NA | NA | NA |
Brochures subtotal | 10,711.13 | NA | ||||
Brochures subtotal per patient | 0.36 | NA | ||||
Surveillance software | ||||||
Licence | 4,151.60 | NA | NA | NA | ||
Hardware support | 5,579.75 | NA | NA | NA | ||
Software maintenance | 18.52 | 2,376.00 | 44,000.26 | NA | NA | NA |
Office | 112.09 | 36.00 | 4,035.36 | NA | NA | NA |
Software development | 11,588.72 | NA | NA | NA | ||
Server | 3,397.26 | NA | NA | NA | ||
Computer | 374.83 | NA | NA | NA | ||
Software subtotal | 73,127.78 | NA | ||||
Software subtotal per patient | 2.44 | NA | ||||
Programme total | 440,850.89 | NA | ||||
Programme subtotal per patient | 14.70 | NA | ||||
Overhead costs | ||||||
1.98 | 8.14 | 16.07 | 1.98 | 7.64 | 15.08 | |
Overhead Subtotal (per patient) | 16.07 | 15.08 | ||||
Medical visits per patient § | ||||||
Primary care physician | 9.63 | 7.40 | 71.30 | 9.63 | 6.90 | 66.48 |
Specialist | 9.63 | 0.74 | 7.13 | 9.63 | 0.74 | 7.13 |
Emergency ambulance service | 1.45 | 12.00 | 17.44 | 1.45 | 12.00 | 17.44 |
Medical visits subtotal | 95.87 | 91.04 | ||||
Consumption per patient | ||||||
Drugs | 198.99 | 160.48 | ||||
Diagnostic/follow-up tests § | 36.19 | 29.10 | ||||
Consumption subtotal per patient | 235.18 | 189.58 | ||||
Annual Total (per patient) | 361.81 | 295.70 | ||||