Table 3

Sample means of the annual economic cost, coverage, project age and annual rent paid by state and funding agency, from the economic costing of the case studies, N= 16 (range)



State
Funding agency





Andhra Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
t test for difference, p value
CAPACS*
CCOORR**
APSACS~
TNSACS#
ANOVA for difference, p value

Total









Annual economic cost, INR
956,641 (474,299–2,220,988)
1,222,151 (839,664–2,220,988)
615,270 (474.300–775,062)
0.0016^^^
726,320 (68,931)
503,776 (41,685)
1,222,151 (439,036)
610,167 (84,761)
0.059^
No. of people reached
1,165 (205–2008)
1,523 (935–2008)
704 (250–1749)
0.0015^^^
700 (212)
281 (43)
1,523 (375)
989 (750)
0.173
Cost per person reached, INR
1,011.1 (414.5–2,133)
806.3 (563.2–1,106.1)
1,274.4 ((414.5–2,133)
0.9675
1071.9 (911.8–1232.0)
1829.0 (152501–2133.0)
806.3 (563.2–1106.1)
1039.5 (414.5–2082.5)
0.026
Project age, yrs
7.1 (3.3–13.0)
7.00 (3–13)
7.29 (4–12)
0.5628
9.00 (4.2)
5.50 (0.7)
7.00 (3.8)
7.00 (2.9)
0.596
Rent
48,660 (15,135–80,700)
57,525 (30,697–77,840)
37,262 (15,135–80,700)
0.0261^^
58,350 (31,608)
17,468 (3,298)
57,525 (16,857)
37,650 (5,529)
0.202
Sample size
16
9
7

2
2
8
4


*Chennai Corporation AIDS Prevention and Control Society; **Christian Council for Rural Development and Research; ~ Andhra Pradesh State AIDS Control Society; #Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society; ^^^significant at the 99% confidence level; ^^significant at the 95% confidence level; ^significant at the 90% confidence level.

Guinness et al. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2007 5:13   doi:10.1186/1478-7547-5-13