Table 5 Comparing the total direct financial cost spent for education in 2 educational group
SMS Group | Group-based education | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Calculation | Cost (IRR) | Calculation | Cost (IRR) | |
The cost paid by the project implementing organization | ||||
Cost of education tools | 270 IRR (Average fee for sending each SMS) * 90 (total number of SMS in three months)* 56 (number of participants) | 1,360,800 | 0 | |
Personnel wages | 150,000 IRR (staff salaries per hour) * 2 hours (spent for content selection and preparation in the form of short text messages) + 4 hours (1 hour/week spent replying to patient questions) | 900,000 | 150,000 IRR (staff salaries per hour) * 20 hours (Spent for preparing PowerPoint, preparing, and holding a class) | 3,000,000 |
Total | 2,260,800 | 3,000,000 | ||
The cost paid by the patient | ||||
Out-of-pocket cost by patient | 0 | 0 | 20,000 IRR (Average cost of transportation by taxi) * 4 (class sessions) | 80,000 |
Total for all patients | 0 | 0 | 80,000 IRR * 56 participants | 4,480,000 |