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

Table 5 Annual cost of treatment disaggregated by service type

Services	Physician’s encounter	Laboratory Tests^a	Counselling^a	Drugs^a	Annual cost per case^b
Services	Physician’s encounter	Laboratory Tests^a	Counselling^a	Drugs^a	NPR	USD
First visit-clinical exam	26.26	0	0	0	26.26	0.25
First visit-risk profiling	21.01	210.25	0	0	231.26	2.24
plus additional cost for management of patients in each risk categories
risk < 10%	0	0	19.10	0	19.10	0.18
risk 10–20% with high blood pressure	52.52	0	38.20	3149.04	3239.76	31.34
risk 10–20% with high cholesterol	52.52	400	38.20	3931.05	4321.77	41.81
risk 20–30%	52.52	760	38.20	7463.34	8054.06	77.92
risk > 30%	105.04	1160	76.40	7463.34	8444.78	81.70
plus additional cost for
Diabetes management	79.28	780	76.40	5413.06	6194.50	59.93

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