Table 3 Cost of Deploying X-Ray in Rural Nepal
From: Turning a blind eye: the mobilization of radiology services in resource-poor regions
X-Ray Facility | Capital | Operating* |
|---|---|---|
   WHIS-RAD Machine Purchase | $30,000 | -- |
   X-Ray room construction | $5,000 | -- |
   Machine Transportation | $7,500 | -- |
   Installation | $1,500 | -- |
   Training costs | $500 | -- |
   WHIS-RAD Servicing | -- | $300 |
   X-Ray Tube replacement** | -- | $350 |
   X-Ray room maintenance | -- | $200 |
   Technician salary | -- | $1,000 |
   Electricity | -- | $50 |
Digital Processing | Â | Â |
   CR processor | $25,000 | -- |
   Desktop (server) | $400 | -- |
   Electricity | -- | $75 |
Analogue Processing | Â | Â |
   Dark room construction | $3,000 | -- |
   Chemical processor | $1,000 | -- |
   Storage space construction | $3,000 | -- |
   X-Ray developing materials | -- | $4,000 |
Summary | Â | Â |
   Total costs, digital | $69,900 | $1,975 |
   Total costs, analogue | $51,500 | $5,900 |
   Number of years to reach cost equivalence |  | 5 |