Table 3 Per visit and annual costs of antiretroviral therapy follow-up for different types of health workers at the Infectious Diseases Institute clinic, Kampala, Uganda from a societal perspective
From: Potential impact of task-shifting on costs of antiretroviral therapy and physician supply in Uganda
Health worker type | Cost per visit ($) | Number of visits per year | Annual societal cost of follow-up ($) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | PF | NF | PWF | PF | NF | PWF |
Physician | 2.51 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 30.12 | 5.02 | 5.02 |
Triage | 1.68 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 20.16 | 20.16 | 6.72 |
Nurse | 0.98 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 9.80 | 1.96 |
Regular PW | 0.80 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 9.60 | 9.60 | 3.20 |
Refill PW | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.76 |
Total | -- | -- | -- | -- | 59.88 | 44.58 | 18.66 |