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Table 2 Estimates of what households are willing to pay and their corresponding actual expenditure

From: Quantifying the economic burden of malaria in Nigeria using the willingness to pay approach

Cost Items (N)

Actual expenditures (N)

Amount they are willing to pay (N)

excess over actual (N)

Treatment – Adult1,2

685.19

1'112.10

426.91

Treatment – Child

-

1'131.70

-

Bed nets

1'000.90

1'325.00

324.10

Window/Door nets

643.86

-

 

Area spraying (2/year)

-

1'068.00

 

Room spraying

806.89

-

 

Eradication of malaria3

4'609.19

7'324.20

2'715.01

  1. Notes:
  2. 1. Actual is the weighted average cost of obtaining treatment and cure from the three major health-care providers multiplied by average malaria cases per household (1.08). It is calculated that 0.53, 0.07 and 0.40 of patients are treated and cured by self-medication, Herbalist/Spiritualist and Clinic/Hospital respectively.
  3. 2. Treatment cost in Clinic/Hospital not involving admission is used.
  4. 3. Actual is the sum of protection expenditures, weighted treatment costs and indirect costs – all per household and per month.
  5. Source: computed in this study
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Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

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