Estimated Program Start-Up and Maintenance Costs
| Start-Up Costsa | |
|---|---|
| Expenditure | Total cost |
| Glucometers and lancing devices | $140 |
| Smartphones | $600 |
| Automatic blood pressure cuffs | $200 |
| CommCare feesb | $3,000 |
| Total | $3,940 |
| Continuing per Capita Costs | |
| Expenditure | Cost per patient, per year |
| Medications (metformin, glyburide, aspirin) | $32 |
| Hemoglobin A1c tests | $38 |
| Other testing supplies (e.g., glucose strips, lancets) | $9 |
| CHW labor costs | $16 |
| CHW coordinator labor costs | $13 |
| Other costs (e.g., equipment replacement, data planc) | $10 |
| Total | $118 |
Abbreviation: CHW, community health worker.
↵a Reflects start-up costs for an anticipated patient population of 100 patients.
↵b This reflects current CommCare fees, which are $250/organization/month for a basic plan. CommCare fees are not reflected in continuing per capita costs because they are not dependent on caseload, and in our case, they support other health programs with thousands of total patients.
↵c CommCare projects generally use 100 MB or less of mobile data per month.