Costs and Cost Drivers of Providing Option B+ Services to Mother-Baby Pairs for PMTCT of HIV in Health Centre IV Facilities in Jinja District, Uganda

Table 1

Cost categories, cost items, and source.

Cost category	Cost item	Source
Personnel	Health facility staff	District Health Officer (DHO), accountants, personnel in charge of health facility, facility accounting records, and district payroll records
Medications	ART: tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF)+lamivudine (3TC)+efavirenz (EFV)	ART registers, DHIS2, and National Medical Stores (NMS)
	Nevirapine syrup	ART registers, dispensing logs, and NMS
	Cotrimoxazole	Dispensing logs and NMS
Laboratory tests	(a) HIV tests; (b) HIV deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase chain reaction (DNA PCR) tests; (c) Rapid HIV tests; (d) CD4 counts	Laboratory registers, DHIS2, NMS, and Gaston Co.
	Dried blood spot (DBS) sample transportation for HIV DNA PCR testing	Laboratory registers, SUSTAIN records, and NMS
Above-site coordination and supervision	MoH coordination	MoH manager, salary scales
	TASO coordination	TASO manager, salary scales
	Option B+ training	DHO, district PMTCT focal person, MoH manager
	Facility-level monitoring and quality improvement	DHO, district PMTCT focal person, and MoH and TASO managers
	Overhead costs (maintenance, utilities, stationery, and fuel)	Accountants, district accountant, personnel in charge of health facility and facility accounting records

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