Table 5 Time and opportunity cost by CDDs per MDA household, in Bong and Maryland, Liberia
CDD identifier | Task (time in minutes) | Total time (all tasks) | House visits observed (n) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Measuring and drug administration | Walking | Greetings | Health/awareness talks | Record- keeping and registration | Other | |||
A | 209 | 0 | 105 | 49 | 217 | 19 | 599 | 25 |
B | 422 | 2 | 36 | 117 | 133 | 22 | 732 | 25 |
C | 241 | 48 | 0 | 61 | 176 | 0 | 526 | 29 |
D | 271 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 147 | 0 | 431 | 30 |
E | 354 | 18 | 37 | 102 | 101 | 7 | 619 | 27 |
F | 114 | 28 | 0 | 40 | 114 | 7 | 303 | 25 |
G | 271 | 69 | 7 | 40 | 272 | 7 | 666 | 52 |
H | 156 | 25 | 2 | 79 | 115 | 11 | 388 | 29 |
I | 182 | 41 | 5 | 17 | 114 | 0 | 359 | 28 |
J | 12 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
Total (all CDDs) | 2232 | 240 | 196 | 511 | 1393 | 73 | 4645 | 271 |
Total time per task (mean) | 223.2 | 24 | 19.6 | 51.1 | 139.3 | 7.3 | 464.5 | 27.1 |
Time per household by task (mean) | 8.24 | 0.89 | 0.72 | 1.89 | 5.14 | 0.27 | 17.14 | na |
Opportunity cost MDWU (mean) ($) | 0.01 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.008 | 0.0004 | 0.03 | na |
Opportunity cost MDWCS (mean) ($) | 0.02 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.015 | 0.0008 | 0.05 | na |