TABLE 2 One-Way Sensitivity Analysis of Costs of EIMC Performed by Nurse-Midwives and Doctors, 2014
EIMC Unit Cost (US$)
Cost CategoryNurse-MidwivesDoctors
Personnel salaries
 Base case (study salaries)38.8749.77
 Public sectora (integrated)34.00N/C
Capacity utilization (EIMC/day)
 244.36N/C
 440.23N/C
 6 (base case)38.8749.77
 838.18N/C
Staff time for EIMC procedure (using outlier times observed), minutes
 1237.69N/C
 18 for nurse-midwives; 16 for doctors (base case)38.8749.77
 4846.19N/C
Staff time for EIMC procedure (using 25%–75% interquartile range), minutes
 13 (25th percentile)37.92N/C
 18 for nurse-midwives; 16 for doctors (base case)38.8749.77
 30 (75th percentile)41.94N/C
Effect of nursing staff leave (due to burnout), weeks
 4638.93N/C
 48 (base case)38.8749.77
  • Abbreviations: EIMC, early infant male circumcision; N/C, no change.

  • a Public-sector salaries inclusive of benefits are US$26,400 for a doctor, US$8,400 for a nurse-midwife, US$3,000 for a receptionist, and US$1,800 for a caretaker.