Table 2 Human resource (HR) cost for a single contract tracing procedure
From: Tracing contacts of TB patients in Malaysia: costs and practicality
Staff | Activities | Mean time (minutes) | Median time (25th,75th) (minutes) | Salary per minute (MYR) | Cost per unit (MYR) | Percentage from total HR cost | Idle time (seconds) | Idle time cost (MYR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chest X-ray | ||||||||
Attendant 1 | Receiving and allocating number | 1.15 | 0.98 (0.89,1.3) | 0.141 | 0.162 | 3.1 | 8 | 0.018 |
Clerk | Patient registration | 0.74 | 0.72 (0.55,1.0) | 0.145 | 0.107 | 2.2 | 5 | 0.012 |
Radiographer 1 | Preparing and exposing patient | 3.43 | 3.0 (2.3,4.6) | 0.211 | 0.723 | 13.9 | 12 | 0.042 |
Radiographer 2 | Labeling and validating film | 1.79 | 1.4 (1.2,2.0) | 0.169 | 0.302 | 5.8 | 107 | 0.299 |
Attendant 2 | Dispatching films | 1.36 | 1.3 (1.3,1.4) | 0.141 | 0.190 | 3.7 | 6 | 0.138 |
Medical Doctor | Chest X-ray Screening | 7.9 | 7.6 (6.3,8.6) | 0.470 | 3.58 | 71.3 | - | - |
Human resource cost per chest X-ray | 5.06 | Idle time cost per chest X -ray | 0.51 | |||||
Tuberculin Skin testing (TST) | ||||||||
Staff nurse | Recording contact details, injecting PPD, reading and recording result | 14.9 | 14.7 (13.3,16.3) | 0.150 | 2.23 | 100 | - | - |
Total Human resource cost for contact tracing (Chest-X ray + TST) = MYR7.29 | ||||||||