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Table 3 Price of intervention inputs applied in the model in Ethiopian birr 2012

From: Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease in Ethiopia: a cost-effectiveness analysis

 

Unit price

 

Unit price

Salary scale for human resource

 Medical specialist

112,781

Director of public health

51,293

 Medical officer

76,723

Public health specialist

94,712

 Nursing director/manager

64,728

Public health assistant

28,339

 Registered nurse

28,339

Health educator/trainer

28,339

 Health worker

51,293

Social/welfare worker

28,339

Source: Federal Ministry of Health, Ethiopia 2012

Health facility visit/stay

 Hospital bed days

 

Health facility visit

 

 Primary hospital

52.52

 Primary hospital visit

18.58

 Secondary hospital

54.76

 Secondary hospital visit

21.17

 Tertiary hospital

70.81

 Tertiary hospital visit

22.06

 Percutaneous coronary interventiona 63,000

 Health center visit

23.00

Source: WHO_CHOICE [69]

Laboratory and imaging

 Complete blood count

20

Blood glucose

10

 Prothrombin time (INR)

15

Urinalysis

5

 aPTT

15

Liver function test

30

 Serum electrolytes

45

Total cholesterol

7

 Renal function test

20

Serum lipids

42

 Blood glucose

10

CT scan

600

 Echocardiography

150

Endoscopy

400

Source: Tikur Anbesa teaching hospital and Zewditu memorial hospital

Drugs

 ASA 100 mg

0.08

Simvastatin 20 mg

0.25

 Enalapril 10 mg

0.05

Streptokinase 1.5 iu

601.8

 Atenolol 50 mg

0.06

Clopidogrel 75 mg

0.55

 

Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg

0.08

Source: International drug price indicator [57]

  1. aUnit price per procedure. The program cost was assumed to be double the program cost required for other acute myocardial infarction interventions