Table 2 Measures of health systems and patient cost
Measurements of cost | |||||
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Type of cost | Expenditures | Specification | Source of resources used | Source of cost | Cost calculation |
Medical direct costs | Primary healthcare consultations | Medical practitioner | Self-reported and comparison | Healthcare provider | |
Facility nurse | Answers in questionnaires | ||||
Hospitalisation | Varied | Provider | Healthcare provider | Resource × unit cost | |
Secondary care consultation | Other specialist | Self-reported and comparison | Healthcare provider | Number of visits × tariff | |
Diagnostic tests | Radiology and laboratory | Self-reported and comparison | Healthcare provider | Number of visits × tariff | |
Pharmaceutical supplies | Inhalers and antibiotics | Provider | Standard pharmaceutical prices | Medicine bought × price | |
Additional medical services | Rehabilitation and other therapies | Provider | Healthcare provider | Service provide × tariff | |
Material provided in PAL intervention | Leaflets and booklets | Provider | Provider and production cost | Number of material × price | |
Equipment used in intervention | Sputum containers | Provider | Provider and market prices | ||
Pulse oximeter | |||||
Nebulizer | |||||
Spirometer | |||||
Non-medical direct costs | Aid to patients who face disabilities | Aid in household | Self-reported | Patient | Hours of aid × price per aid |
Transport cost e.g. referrals | Self-reported | Patient | Distance × price | ||
Indirect costs | Cost of lost | Absenteeism | Self-reported | Patient | |
Productivity | |||||