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Table 4 Project input costs by arm, base case

From: Cost-effectiveness of the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition by community health workers compared to treatment provided at an outpatient facility in rural Mali

 

Intervention

Control

All costs

USD

% total costs

USD

% total costs

Personnel

87 926

58.4

56 632

60.5

 CHWs (salaries and incentives)

10 332

6.9

3 982

4.3

 Field supervision and medical staff

28 193

18.7

17 194

18.4

 Management and technical staff

45 656

30.3

32 536

34.7

 Support staff (logistics, finance, administrative)

3 746

2.5

2 921

3.1

Programme costs

35 648

23.7

20 848

22.3

 Office and programme materials

1 756

1.2

1 324

1.4

 RUTF (supply)

17 795

11.8

5 648

6.0

 Training costs (trainer, location, supplies)

9 248

6.1

7 407

7.9

 Supervision and monitoring

6 849

4.6

6 469

6.9

Logistics

20 732

13.8

12 953

13.8

 Rent and utilities

8 927

5.9

2 767

3.0

 Transport (car rental, maintenance and fuel)

10 025

6.7

9 621

10.3

 RUTF transport and storage

1 780

1.2

565

0.6

Community contributions

6 218

4.1

3 208

3.4

 Costs to households

4 807

3.2

3 191

3.4

 Opportunity costs for community leaders

35

0.0

17

0.0

 Community-level rent

1 376

0.9

0

0.0

Total

150 523

100.0

93 641

100.0

Cost to government

11 881

7.9

5 341

5.7

Cost to partners

132 425

88.0

85 093

90.9

Cost to community

6 218

4.1

3 208

3.4

  1. Italics indicate input cost categories, with related figures summarising the cost and the proportion of the total cost of each category