Table 5 Costs of the syndromic surveillance system in RMB
Cost categories | Units | Hubei | Jiangxi | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Annual costs of staff for data collection In 2012 | Health facilities | 113,214 | 153,477 | 269,967 |
Primary schools | 21,642 | 53,510 | 75,152 | |
Pharmacies | 13,225 | 20,069 | 33,294 | |
Subtotal (%) | 151,357 (52.6) | 227,056 (28.4) | 378,413 (34.8) | |
Costs of logs for data collection | Â | 11,847 (4.1) | 15,239 (1.9) | 27,086 (2.5) |
Costs of staff for daily management of data collection | By researchers | 16,432 | 45,510 | 61,942 |
By CDC staff | 6,186 | 90,000 | 96,186 | |
Subtotal (%) | 22,618 (7.9) | 135,510 (17.0) | 158,128 (14.6) | |
Costs for fieldworks for the management of data collection | By researchers | 9,570 | 31,446 | 41,016 |
By CDC staff | - | - | - | |
Subtotal (%) | 9,570(3.3) | 31,446 (3.9) | 41,016 (3.8) | |
Costs for signal verification | By researchers | 0 | 8,265 | 8,265 |
By CDC staff | 132 | 0 | 0 | |
Subtotal (%) | 132 (0.0) | 8,265 (1.0) | 8,397 (0.8) | |
Annual depreciation and opportunity costs of computers in 2012 | Health facilities | 21,474 | 21,658 | 43,132 |
Primary schools | 3,274 | 3,430 | 6,704 | |
Pharmacies | 2,501 | 2,834 | 5,335 | |
Local CDCs | 3,956 | 1,340 | 5,296 | |
Subtotal (%) | 31,205 (11.8) | 29,262(3.7) | 60,467 (5.6) | |
Annual costs of computer operation in 2012 | Health facilities | 1,984 | 3,324 | 5,308 |
Primary schools | 2,385 | 3,445 | 5,830 | |
Pharmacies | 3,432 | 3,267 | 6,699 | |
Subtotal (%) | 7,801 (2.7) | 10,036(1.3) | 17,837 (1.6) | |
Annual overhead costs in 2012 | Health facilities | 21,196 | 40,081 | 61,277 |
Local CDCs | 32,275 | 301,559 | 333,834 | |
Subtotal (%) | 53,471 (18.6) | 341,640 (42.8) | 395,111 (36.4) | |
Total | 288,001 (100.0) | 798,454 (100.0) | 1,086,455 (100.0) | |