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Table 5 Efficiency of PMTCT centres in the 2005–2006 fiscal year.

From: Outputs, cost and efficiency of public sector centres for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Andhra Pradesh, India

PMTCT centre serial number

Economic cost per post-HIV-test counselled pregnant woman

Economic cost per mother-neonate pair receiving nevirapine

 

INR

US$

INR

US$

At hospitals attached to medical college

2

87.3

1.97

23747

536

5

115.8

2.62

5192

117

7

177.8

4.02

6845

155

8

77.9

1.76

10625

240

9

86.9

1.96

4920

111

12

71.4

1.61

13261

300

13

108.3

2.45

17823

403

15

75.6

1.71

14149

320

Average

95.2

2.15

9516

215

At hospitals not attached to medical college

1

89.6

2.02

10838

245

3

120.9

2.73

179175

4047

4

103.7

2.34

9639

218

6

189.9

4.29

15504

350

10

116.3

2.63

32490

734

11

73.9

1.67

4354

98

14

108.4

2.45

11203

253

16

116.7

2.64

77622

1753

Average

108.9

2.46

12301

278

Average for all

98.9

2.23

10210

231

  1. INR is Indian Rupee.
  2. US$ 1 = INR 44.27 (average exchange rate for fiscal year April 2005 – March 2006) [10]