Cost-Effectiveness Tool for Evaluating Interventions to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission - Manual and Model (UNAIDS, 2000, 94 p.): “VCT” WORKSHEET: TABLE VCT-7: VARIABLE COST OF VCT BY TASK

Cost-Effectiveness Tool for Evaluating Interventions to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission - Manual and Model (UNAIDS, 2000, 94 p.)

“VCT” WORKSHEET

		(introduction...)
		TABLE VCT-1: PER-CLIENT COST OF VCT
		TABLE VCT-2: “EXTERNAL” COST OF VCT
		TABLE VCT-3: SUMMARY VCT INFORMATION
		TABLE VCT-4: DETAILED VCT INFORMATION (VARIABLE COSTS)
		TABLE VCT- 5: DETAILED VCT INFORMATION: (FIXED COSTS EXCLUDING CAPITAL COSTS)
		TABLE VCT-6: DETAILED VCT INFORMATION: CAPITAL COSTS
		TABLE VCT-7: VARIABLE COST OF VCT BY TASK

TABLE VCT-7: VARIABLE COST OF VCT BY TASK

Background

This table shows the personnel and supply costs entailed in each step of the VCT process and may be particularly useful for cost analysis purposes. The percent that each task constitutes of total variable costs shown in column M shows where the most money is spent and where, therefore, the greatest potential for improved economy may lie. Notice that the large number of women who receive services at early stages in the process such as registration and testing itself, may drive costs more than services provided in later stages such as post-test counseling which involves relatively few women.

B180 - M197. VCT cost analysis. All values in this table are derived from data entered elsewhere. Based on the attrition data entered in Table VCT-3, column C shows the number of women remaining in the VCT cohort at various stages of the process. Columns E through G detail personnel costs for each task. These are calculated by multiplying wage rates by minutes spent per client per task. Columns H through K treat supply costs and show unit costs, number of units used based on the number of clients receiving each item, and unit costs. Column L sums personnel and supply costs for each task and totals the annual costs net of revenues in “VCT” L197. Column M shows the percent that each task constitutes of the total.