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Table 4 Societal cost of antenatal care

From: Cost of antenatal care for the health sector and for households in Rwanda

 

Annual total cost (USD)

1st visit

2nd visit

3rd visit

4th visit

Sum (4 isits)

%

Private health facility

 Personnel

108,393

79,254

70,897

24,757

283,302

34%

 Drugs and consumables

301,336

60,352

54,531

42,150

458,369

54%

 Equipment

2396

1752

1567

547

6262

1%

 Cost of building

969

709

634

221

2533

0%

 Overheads

26,614

19,459

17,407

6079

69,559

8%

 Transport (households)

1408

1373

1228

643

4653

1%

 Time cost (households)

7485

4138

3595

1899

17,117

2%

 Total cost (1 facility)

448,601

167,037

149,859

76,296

841,794

100%

 Annual number of visitsa

5985

5835

5220

2734

19,773

 

 Cost per visit

75

29

29

28

160

Public and faith based health facilities

 Personnel

18,868

7358

6582

5516

38,324

13%

 Drugs and consumables

131,700

30,188

27,005

28,871

217,764

73%

 Equipment

1037

404

362

303

2107

1%

 Cost of building

969

709

634

221

2533

1%

 Overheads

5833

2275

2035

1705

11,848

4%

 Transport (households)

1892

1046

908

480

4326

1%

 Time cost (households)

10,054

5559

4828

2551

22,992

8%

 Total cost (5 facilities)

170,353

47,538

42,354

39,648

299,893

100%

 Mean total cost per facility

34,071

9508

8471

7930

59,979

 

 Annual number of visitsa

8039

7837

7011

3672

26,559

 Cost per visit

21

6

6

11

44

 National ANC utilization

373,678

364,299

325,885

170,696

1,234,557

 Estimated total national cost

7,918,560

2,209,701

1,968,732

1,842,977

13,939,970

  1. aThe number of 1st visits refers to the year 2015