The unit cost analysis of dengue prevention and control services at Chokchai Hospital, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Abstract

The objective of this study was to study the unit cost of dengue prevention and control services at Chokchai Hospital. Methods: The cost data for disease prevention and control services of the fiscal year 2018-2020 was used to study. The research instruments consisted of cost center data and data collection forms for the dengue fever investigation. The details of prevention and control activities for dengue fever were collected. The results were sorted into labor costs and material costs. The cost of investment, direct cost, indirect cost, total cost, cost per time unit, and cost per population has been directly verified by experts. The data was collected from January 1 to May 30, 2021, using the log-in Microsoft Excel 2016. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as numbers, and percentages. Results: The result of an average cost over a three-year period (2018–2020) revealed the highest cost was labor cost. The average wage covers 74.4 percent of the direct costs. Materials accounted for 17.7 percent of the total cost. The cost of investment, the average direct cost proportion was 8.2 percent. Direct costs accounted for 75.5 percent of total costs. Indirect costs accounted for 24.5 percent of total expenses. The cost per visit was equal to 678.70 baht. The cost per capita is 4.77 baht. Conclusions: The cost of dengue prevention and control services is well protected it will use fewer resources than control when outbreaks occur. In the cost of services, the most valuable cost is the labor cost. The material cost varies with the use of resources in that year. The capital cost was calculated from the new outpatient building. To make the proportion higher, indirect costs are also at the level of decentralized center distribution. The cost per capita was similar to that of other studies.