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Table 2 Program costs by wave and total program

From: Incremental cost and cost-effectiveness of low-dose, high-frequency training in basic emergency obstetric and newborn care as compared to status quo: part of a cluster-randomized training intervention evaluation in Ghana

Cost Category

Wave 1 (USD)

Wave 2 (USD)

Wave 3 (USD)

Wave 4 (USD)

Total Program Cost

% of Total Cost

Development

 Investment Costs

  Curriculum adaptation

$224

$358

$179

$134

$896

0.11%

  Furniture & Equipment

$275

$439

$220

$165

$1099

0.13%

 Recurrent Costs

  Personnel Salaries

$384

$615

$301

$226

$1527

0.19%

  Buildings, Maintenance, Overhead

$261

$417

$209

$157

$1044

0.13%

Total Development Costs

$1144

$1830

$909

$682

$4564

0.55%

Start Up

 Investment Costs

  Curriculum adaptation

$448

$716

$358

$269

$1791

0.22%

  Regional Health Team Meetings

$29

$46

$23

$17

$115

0.01%

  Master Mentor: Training of Trainers

$952

$1523

$762

$571

$3808

0.46%

  Health Information Officer Training

$168

$268

$134

$101

$671

0.08%

  Furniture & Equipment

$549

$879

$439

$330

$2197

0.27%

  Training Equipment

$788

$1261

$631

$473

$3153

0.38%

 Recurrent Costs

  Personnel Salaries

$2791

$4465

$2186

$1639

$11,080

1.35%

  Buildings, Maintenance, Overhead

$1250

$2000

$1000

$750

$5000

0.61%

Total Start Up Costs

$6975

$11,159

$5533

$4150

$27,816

3.38%

Implementation

 Investment Costs

  Curriculum adaptation

$3895

$3895

$3895

$3895

$15,582

1.89%

  Regional Health Team Meetings

$251

$251

$251

$251

$1002

0.12%

  Master Mentor: Training of Trainers

$8282

$8282

$8282

$8282

$33,128

4.02%

  Health Information Officer Training

$1459

$1459

$1459

$1459

$5836

0.71%

  Furniture & Equipment

$4779

$4779

$4779

$4779

$19,116

2.32%

  Training Equipment

$2365

$2365

$2365

$2365

$9460

1.15%

 Recurrent Costs

  Personnel Salaries

$68,676

$102,855

$97,454

$92,052

$361,037

43.86%

  LDHF 1 facility based training

$42,188

$66,938

$34,241

$23,656

$167,024

20.29%

  LDHF 2 facility based training

$30,981

$47,212

$23,585

$16,700

$118,478

14.39%

  mMentoring Text Messages

$522

$512

$513

$513

$2061

0.25%

  mMentoring Phonecalls

$374

$366

$366

$366

$1473

0.18%

  Master Mentor refresher training

$5564

$7822

$4812

$2257

$20,456

2.49%

  Buildings, Maintenance, Overhead

$8818

$8818

$8818

$8818

$35,272

4.29%

Total Implementation Costs

$178,983

$255,555

$190,820

$165,395

$790,753

96.07%

TOTAL COSTS

$187,101

$268,545

$197,261

$170,226

$823,134

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