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Table 5 Costs of time of daily data collection and reporting for ISSC in 2012

From: Measuring costs of data collection at village clinics by village doctors for a syndromic surveillance system-a cross sectional survey from China

 

Reporting time in minutes per 1000 population (A)

Total time in minutes for all duties per 1000 population (B)

Percent of time in reporting per 1000 population (C)

Net income of a village clinic in 2012 in RMB (D)

Net income serving for 1000 population in RMB (E)

Costs of time in reporting for 1000 population in RMB (F)

Adjusted costs of time in reporting for 1,000 population in RMB (G)

P25

7

480

2.1

36,000

23,000

567

656

Median

12

600

4.2

52,500

27,579

1029

1250

P75

27

720

6.3

90,000

45,455

2000

3000

  1. The exchange of Chinese currency was 6.31RMB for 1 US$ in 2012 according to the World Bank. We calculated percent of time in reporting, cost of time in reporting and the adjusted costs of time in reporting using the following formulas: C = A/B, F = E*C, G = F*150 %