Table 3 Unit Cost of COVID-19 Case Management for Mild/Moderate Patients
From: Cost estimates of COVID-19 clinical management in Myanmar
Inputs | Unit Cost (MMK) | Unit Cost (USD) | Percentage of Total Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
I. Total Direct Cost per patient | 683,315 | 514 | 59% |
1. Cost for Direct Contact Health Care Personnel per patient | 51,928 | 39 | 4% |
2. Cost for Medicine and Medical Commodities | 270,145 | 203 | 23% |
2.1. Cost for Medicine per patient | 1446 | 1 | 0% |
2.2. Cost for Medical Commodities per patient (Masks, Gloves, Gowns, Hand senstitizer, etc.) | 58,985 | 44 | 5% |
2.3. PPE cost per patient | 189,103 | 142 | 16% |
2.4. Cost of Medical Equipment per patient (BP cuff, thermometer, glucometer, pulse oximeter, syringe pump, etc.) | 20,610 | 15 | 2% |
3. Cost of investigations and Imaging | 347,512 | 261 | 30% |
3.1. Cost for Lab investigations per patient (Non-Covid) (CP(auto), urea &electrolytes, Liver/Renal Function tests, etc.) | 131,000 | 98 | 11% |
3.2. Cost for COVID-19 Test per patient | 188,512 | 142 | 16% |
3.3. Cost for Imaging per patient | 28,000 | 21 | 2% |
4. Cost for Oxygen therapy per patient | 13,730 | 10 | 1% |
5. Cost for ICU care per patient (Medical Equipment) | – | – | 0% |
II. Total Indirect Cost per Patient | 471,907 | 355 | 41% |
1. Cost for Non-Medical Equipment per patient (Furniture, computers, generators, etc.) | 26,156 | 20 | 2% |
2. Cost of General HR per patient (Admin staff, general workers, security, etc.) | 91,186 | 69 | 8% |
3. Cost of Center/Hospital Operation per patient (Electricity & Water bill, Maintenance, Meal cost, etc.) | 354,565 | 267 | 31% |
Total Cost (Direct + Indirect) | 1,155,222 | 869 | 100% |
Cost per patient per day (Mild-Moderate) | 105,020 | 79 |