Input Costs by Country and Testing Platform in 2020 US Dollars

9.5 KB of cost data for various inputs, expressed in 2020 US dollars. The dataset, authored by Kira Elsbernd and last updated on May 6, 2026, is categorized by country and point-of-care testing platform. It is available for download in XLS format under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking input costs across different countries based on the country-level categorization.
• Analyzing cost structures for point-of-care testing platforms based on the platform categorization.
• Conducting economic studies using standardized 2020 US dollar values for cost comparison.

Strengths

• Data is standardized in 2020 US dollars, enabling direct cross-country and platform comparisons.
• The dataset is openly licensed (CC-BY-4.0) for broad reuse.
• File size is 9.5 KB, indicating a focused and manageable dataset.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Kira Elsbernd via figshare

Collection Method

Likely compiled from various sources for cost analysis.

Time Range

Costs expressed in 2020 US dollars.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 17:39:01; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Country-level data.