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Table 2 Mean costs of community-based therapeutic care per child

From: Cost effectiveness of community-based therapeutic care for children with severe acute malnutrition in Zambia: decision tree model

Cost item

Unit cost ($)

Mean number of items per child

Mean cost per child ($)

% of total

RUTF (Kg)

6.20

11.70

72.52

35.8

Technical support

68.69

1.00

68.69

33.9

Hospital per day

41.35

0.83

34.16

16.9

Health centre visits

4.24

6.16

26.10

12.9

Community mobilisation

0.66

1.0

1.06

0.5

Total

  

202.53

100.0

  1. RUTF ready to use therapeutic food