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Table 1 Costing model input and output parameter estimates

From: Estimated cost for cardiovascular disease risk-based management at a primary healthcare center in Nepal

Input (parameters to enter in the model)

Output (parameters estimated from the model)

• Unit price of medicines

• Annual cost per case

• Unit cost of laboratory tests

• Annual cost for the entire population

• Monthly salary of clinicians

• Annual cost per capita

• Service utilization rates

• Amount of different medicines needed in a year

• Coverage rates

• Monthly incremental work load of physicians (time)

• Population demographics

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