Table 4 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 ministry of health perspective
From: Potential impact of task-shifting on costs of antiretroviral therapy and physician supply in Uganda
Health worker type | Cost per visit ($) | Number of visits per year | Annual payer cost of follow-up ($) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | PF | NF | PWF | PF | NF | PWF |
Physician | 1.18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 14.16 | 2.36 | 2.36 |
Triage | 1.12 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 13.44 | 13.44 | 4.48 |
Nurse | 0.74 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7.40 | 0.94 |
Regular PW | 0.34 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4.08 | 4.08 | 1.36 |
Refill PW | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.36 |
Total | -- | -- | -- | -- | 31.68 | 27.28 | 10.5 |