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Table 2 Program output and cost parameters

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of a large-scale crèche intervention to prevent child drowning in rural Bangladesh

Parameters

Model of annualized costs*

Monthly data from two study areas (54-month observations)

Source

Program Output

Annual total

Monthly total

SD

Min

Max

Functional crèches

1554

1554

585

9

1600

Program data

Total caseload (children enrolled/exposed)

40,378

40,378

15,572

166

47,992

ibid

Children per crèche

26

26

6

18

30

Authors' calculations

Program Cost (in 2015 US$)

Fixed cost (FC)

 Start-up

$534

$44

-

-

-

Program data and authors' calculations using 54-observations of monthly expenditures, including data from both study areas in Bangladesh

 Equipment (administration)

$203

$17

$135

$0

$964

 Trainings

$3356

$280

$862

$0

$4820

 Crèche maintenance (stationery supplies and repairs)

$41,803

$3484

$12,032

$56

$74,719

FC sub-total

$45,896

$3825

-

$168

$75,191

Variable cost (VC)

 Wages and stipends (field staff)

$540,612

$45,051

$16,329

$687

$50,825

 Community engagement (sensitization, UPICs, VPICs)

$1959

$163

$149

$0

$1013

 Transportation

$10,662

$889

$490

$45

$2940

 Field overhead (rent, utilities, maintenance)

$7497

$625

$313

$110

$1020

 Administration (wages, rent, communication, maintenance)

$40,448

$3371

$1241

$2348

$8406

 VC sub-total

$601,179

$50,098

$4178

$55,362

Total cost

$647,074

$53,923

$6728

$92,004

Average cost

 Per crèche

$416.35

$34.70

$171.52

$32.54

$847.37

Authors' calculations

 Per child

$16.03

$1.34

$7.88

$1.08

$40.53

Ibid

  1. *See the Additional file 1 for details about the model of annualized costs. †Useful life of fixed costs for startup, equipment, trainings, and crèche maintenance were assumed to be 10, 7.5, 5 and 3 years respectively. Parameters with black bold text indicate major parameter groups: program output, program cost, average cost. Parameters in italic text indicate type of cost group: fixed cost, variable cost, total cost