Table 3 Summary of cost measures and associated data sources

Start-up

Training materials: training expenses (trainer fees, staff time spent in training)

Project expense reports; project staff/civil service salaries

Implementation

Ongoing training expenses; technical assistance support, facility committee meetings, fidelity monitoring; community outreach

Project expense reports

Personnel

Time/salaries of healthcare personnel, laboratory personnel, supervisors, and administrative staff

TDABC observations, staff interviews, civil service salaries

Patient

Transportation expenses; other out-of-pocket expenses, including childcare; time losses

Patient surveys, local average wages

Supplies

Consumables such as acetic acid, CO₂ or N₂O refrigerant gas, specula, anesthesia, equipment maintenance; transportation costs

Clinic and project expense reports; MoH records

Capital

Liger thermal ablator; cryotherapy machine; laboratory equipment; vehicles

Clinic and project expense reports; MoH records

Overhead

Utilities; clinic maintenance

Study clinic records and expense reports; staff interviews