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Table 4 Breakdown of the costs of the surveillance system by activity and resource

From: A prospective key informant surveillance system to measure maternal mortality – findings from indigenous populations in Jharkhand and Orissa, India

Cost component

Identification

Eliminating non-maternal deaths

Interviews

Verbal Autopsies

Total

Key informants

375

-

-

-

375

Interviewers

-

6.83

1 690

-

1 697

Supervisers

-

0.88

219

25

245

Obstertician

-

-

-

11

11

Supplies (Printing, stationary)

-

0.55

135

-

136

Supplies (Hats, badges, bags)

11

-

-

-

11

Communication

-

0.09

23

1

24

Refreshments

-

0.03

7

0

7

Transport

-

0.96

238

16

255

Total

386

9.34

2 311

54

2 759