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Table 5 The cost of upgrading a medicine room to a dispensary

From: Economic evaluation of task-shifting approaches to the dispensing of anti-retroviral therapy

Description

Cost (US Dollars)

The modification and enlarging of medicine room to dispensary

$2 402.18

Security

$1 089.74

Equipment

 

 Shelving

$1 137.77

 Signage

$10.90

Electronic& electrical

$5 463.72

 Reference sources

$166.35

 Dispensing

$807.25

 General

$401.97

Total

$11 479.88

  1. Data sources: Lizette Monteith, Keth'Impilo; Lindsay Wilson, PGWC HIV directorate and Margaret von Zeil, City of Cape Town.