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Home Care - 4.4.3 Urban/ rural comparisons
4.4.3 Urban / rural cost comparisons
The evaluation revealed that the cost of providing rural home care services is significantly (58%) higher than providing comparable services in Phnom Penh. Programme costs are weighted toward transportation, technical support and welfare in the rural programme compared with the urban programme.
The cost per team per month figures demonstrate higher costs in rural areas, and the distribution of costs suggest that the need for technical support and the distance to deliver that support can require more resources in rural areas than in urban areas, especially in the initial phases of program start-up. It is assumed that these costs will decrease as service delivery increases as a result of marginal changes with additional clients. Issues related to the rural programme are explored further in section 6 of this report. It should be noted that “rural programme” straddles a national highway (between Phnom Penh and Battambang). The programme environment should not therefore be construed as representing the realities of programming in most of rural Cambodia.
The evaluation revealed that the cost of providing rural home care services is significantly (58%) higher than providing comparable services in Phnom Penh. Programme costs are weighted toward transportation, technical support and welfare in the rural programme compared with the urban programme.
The cost per team per month figures demonstrate higher costs in rural areas, and the distribution of costs suggest that the need for technical support and the distance to deliver that support can require more resources in rural areas than in urban areas, especially in the initial phases of program start-up. It is assumed that these costs will decrease as service delivery increases as a result of marginal changes with additional clients. Issues related to the rural programme are explored further in section 6 of this report. It should be noted that “rural programme” straddles a national highway (between Phnom Penh and Battambang). The programme environment should not therefore be construed as representing the realities of programming in most of rural Cambodia.