Table 4 Estimated costs of returning patients to care at MRFTT April 2017–June 2018
Category | Item | Startup costs | Implementation costs | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# Units | Initial costs/month one | Recurring costs/over 5Â months | Recurring costs/over 14Â months | ||
Personnel salaries | Patient tracers | 2 | $3,582.08 | $17,910.40 | $50,149.12 |
Program management | 1 | $700 | $3500 | $9800 | |
Equipment | Laptop | 2 | $491 | $0.00 | $.00 |
Cell phones | 2 | $188 | $940 | $2632 | |
Workstations | 2 | $ 296 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
Contractual | Training | 1 | $500 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Subtotal | $5757.08 | $22,350.40 | $62, 581.12 | ||
Total programme costs (startup costs + implementation costs) |  | $28,107.48 Over 6 months | $68,338.20 Over 15 months | ||