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Table 2 Unit cost of 10 selected services using two allocation approach (PPP $)

From: Cost and efficiency analysis in Iranian primary health centers: a micro costing and data envelopment analysis

Services

CH 1

CH 2

CH 3

CH 4

CH 5

Unit Cost (Mean ± SD)

Direct allocation

Stepdown allocation

Direct allocation

Stepdown allocation

Direct allocation

Stepdown allocation

Direct allocation

Stepdown allocation

Direct allocation

Stepdown allocation

Direct allocation

Stepdown allocation

Physician visit

16

16

14

15

36

37

30

33

26

38

24 ± 9

28 ± 11.4

Health worker visit

15

14

13

13

13

14

11

10

15

15

14 ± 1.6

14 ± 2

Child care

23

22

16

16

16

18

15

14

24

24

19 ± 4.1

19 ± 4.2

Pregnancy Care

36

35

33

33

33

34

33

31

41

42

35 ± 3.5

35 ± 3.9

Elderly care

26

25

24

24

25

26

24

22

28

29

25 ± 1.8

25 ± 2.5

IUD insertion

16

16

12

12

12

13

13

12

16

17

14 ± 2.2

14 ± 2.1

Middle-aged men and women’s Care

29

28

24

24

25

27

27

25

30

3

27 ± 2.6

27 ± 2.5

Non-communicable disease screening

14

12

10

8

19

18

15

13

15

9

15 ± 3.1

12 ± 4

Tuberculosis screening

18

15

13

10

24

22

19

16

18

11

19 ± 3.9

15 ± 5

Pentavalent vaccination

6

6

4

4

11

14

3

3

14

19

7 ± 4.7

9 ± 6.8