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Table 2 Average cost for providing rotavirus vaccine services, 2012 US$

From: Cost-effectiveness of live oral attenuated human rotavirus vaccine in Tanzania

Cost category

Urban

Rural

Hospital

%

Health Centre

%

Average

%

Hospital

%

Health Centre

%

Average

%

Capital Cost, N (%)

       

Buildings

582

2.6

517

5.3

550

3.5

504

8.3

265

4.8

384

6.6

Equipment

234

1.1

210

2.2

222

1.4

163

2.7

147

2.7

155

2.7

Vehicles

140

0.6

140

1.4

140

0.9

36

0.6

33

0.6

35

0.6

Training on IMCI

281

1.3

249

2.6

265

1.7

236

3.9

189

3.4

213

3.7

Total capital costs

1237

5.6

1116

11.5

1177

7.4

939

15.4

634

11.5

787

13.5

Recurrent Cost, N (%)

      

Personnel

7030

32.0

1188

12.3

4109

26.0

1997

32.8

1649

29.9

1823

31.4

Vaccine

12498

56.9

6477

67.0

9487

59.9

2197

36.0

2338

42.3

2268

39.0

Supplies

175

0.8

150

1.6

163

1.0

83

1.4

76

1.4

79

1.4

Vehicle operation and maintenance

56

0.3

56

0.6

56

0.4

52

0.9

32

0.6

42

0.7

Building operation and maintenance

468

2.1

18

0.2

243

1.5

59

1.0

15

0.3

37

0.6

Community sensitisation and Monitoring

516

2.3

671

6.9

594

3.8

658

10.8

658

11.9

658

11.3

Outreach

-

-

-

112 1.8

123 2.2

117 2.0

Total recurrent costs

20743

94.4

8560

88.5

14652

92.6

5158

84.6

4891

88.5

5024

86.5

Grand Total

21980

9676

15829

6097

5525

5811

Unit Cost

      

Number of doses administered

4041

2094

 

711

477

 

Cost per dose at 93%

5.4

4.6

5.0

8.6

11.6

10.1

% proportion of hospital/health centre administered doses

66 %

34 %

 

60 %

 

40%

Weighted unit cost per dose

3.6

1.6

5.2

5.1

4.7

9.8

% proportion of urban\rural population

29 %

 

71%

 

Urban/rural weighted cost per dose

 

1.5

 

6.9

Weighted average cost (Urban/rural) per dose

8.4