Table 5

Comparative annual costs of formal PHC and the CHW Programme and % incremental costs of targeted CHW programme


Number of households
Allowance1
Other2
Total
Cost Rand/hhld Per annum



R'000 per annum

Formal PHC
41682


8000.0
191.9
CHW
10861
194.4
137.6
321.0
29.6
Incremental cost of targeted CHW programme
+ 4%


Source: [[18] p.28] 1. assumes 100 households per CHW at R150 per month 2. represents other costs, less the salary of staff seconded from the RHMT

Low et al. International Journal for Equity in Health 2003 2:5   doi:10.1186/1475-9276-2-5

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