Table 6 Detailed Description of Cost Resource Collection: Interviews

1 Nurse in Charge at each of the 3 clinics (supplemented by at least one other RGN at each clinic)

To obtain:

- Rundown of all clinic personnel and their roles

- All inputs included in clinic overheads

1 Primary Care Counsellor at each of the three clinics

To obtain:

- Activity breakdown of HTS

- Resource data collection involved in HTS

Assistant Director of Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and BCC finance department

To obtain:

- Bulawayo clinic personnel salary schedule

- Costs per training/refresher training workshops related to HTS

- All overhead costs

Provincial Medical Director and MAT South finance department

To obtain Mangwe clinic personnel salary schedule

District Medical Director (Mangwe)

To obtain:

- Salary for district’s HIV focal person

- Costs per training/refresher training workshops related to HTS

District Environmental Health Officer (Mangwe)

To obtain Mangwe clinic overhead costs

MAT South Pharmacist

To obtain HTS consumable costs

Research Coordinator

To understand overall flow of study, obtain outcome data, query clarifications

6 Research Assistants; 2 at each of the three clinics

To discern daily activity breakdown and recurrent resources consumed over the course of study activities

BRTI Study Accountant

To obtain all study related costs:

- RA salary schedule

- Study consumable costs

- Recurrent costs: Overheads and Training

BRTI Administrator

To obtain equipment costs