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Table 2 Financial cost of CDSS intervention in USD, 2009-13

From: Cost of installing and operating an electronic clinical decision support system for maternal health care: case of Tanzania rural primary health centres

Cost category and items

Installation cost (2009–12)

Operation cost (2012–13)

Total cost

Percentage of total cost

Recurrent cost

    

Transport

  

12243.02

6.6

Vehicle operation and maintenance

5743.30

5411.88

11155.19

 

Travel

529.03

558.80

1087.83

 

Personnel

5767.73

12579.66

18347.39

9.9

Training

38665.09

22777.60

61442.68

33.0

Other

  

3,019.69

1.6

Supplies

1594.83

569.44

2164.27

 

Communication

855.43

-

855.43

 

Sub-total: recurrent cost

53155.40

41897.39

95052.79

51.1

Capital cost

    

Vehicle

22571.13

-

22571.13

12.1

Computers

7865.84

-

7865.84

4.2

Furniture

-

438.03

438.03

0.2

CDSS software

60000.00

-

60000.00

32.3

Sub-total: capital cost

90436.96

438.03

90874.99

48.9

Total cost

143592.36

42335.42

185927.78

100

Percentage of total cost

77.2

22.8

 

100