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Table 1 Model components and cost comparisons

From: Applying a private sector capitation model to the management of type 2 diabetes in the South African public sector: a cost-effectiveness analysis

Cost category

Cost per capita (N = 150)

 

Intervention

Comparator

Difference

Direct costs

   

1. Compensation

ZAR 488.00

ZAR 432.00

ZAR 56.00

+13.0%

2. Training

ZAR 104.00*

ZAR 0.00

ZAR 104.00

N/A

3. Investigations

ZAR 850.62

ZAR 523.06

ZAR 327.56

+62.6%

4. Medication & consumables

ZAR 3 725.53

ZAR 3 223.41

ZAR 502.12

+15.6%

Total direct costs

ZAR 5 168.15

ZAR 4 178.47

ZAR 989.68

+23.7%

Indirect costs

    

5. Overheads

ZAR 782.00

ZAR 768.00

ZAR 14.00

+1.8%

Total costs

ZAR 5 950.15

ZAR 4 946.47

ZAR 1 003.68

+20.3%

(USD 724.74)

(USD 602.49)

(USD 122.25)

  1. *Combined training cost (based on the CDE’s 2013 fee structure) for one doctor and one nurse per patient seen.