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Table 3 The unit cost of services in current practice compared to standard scenario ($ PPP)

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

Services

Current Practice

Standard Practice

Mean difference between current and standard scenarios(direct sharing method)

Physician visit

28 ± 11.4

57 ± 20.6

30

Health Worker visit

14 ± 2

18 ± 5.3

4

Child care

19 ± 4.2

24 ± 4.2

5

Pregnancy Care

35 ± 3.9

42 ± 6.3

7

Elderly care

25 ± 2.5

34 ± 8.8

8

IUD insertion

14 ± 2

18 ± 3.2

4

Middle-aged men and women’s Care

27 ± 2.5

36 ± 7.9

9

Non-communicable disease screening

12 ± 4

37 ± 17.2

25

Tuberculosis screening

15 ± 5

46 ± 21.4

31

Pentavalent vaccination

9 ± 6.8

13 ± 6

4