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Table 2 Unit cost estimates for selected items used in the cost analysis (2005 US$)

From: The economic burden of inpatient paediatric care in Kenya: household and provider costs for treatment of pneumonia, malaria and meningitis

Investigation/Procedure

Unit cost

(2005 US$)

Source

Inter costal drainage

21.91

Kilifi District hospital

Blood transfusion

34.60

National blood transfusion centre

Resuscitation

3.78

Tenwek Mission Hospital

Chest X-ray

1.94

Kilifi costing, KNH

Blood count

8.26

Kilifi District hospital

Lumbar puncture laboratory supplies

1.40

NetSPEAR*

CSF Kenyatta procedures

37.80

Kenyatta National Hospital

CSF Kilifi procedures

14.69

Kilifi District hospital

Blood culture

18.36

Kilifi District hospital

HIV test

3.68

Kilifi District hospital

Ultrasound

6.05

Kenyatta National Hospital

Electrolytes

4.04

Kilifi District hospital

Glucose

3.68

Kilifi District hospital

Blood slide for malaria parasites

3.50

Kenyatta National Hospital

Other microbiology

14.69

Kilifi District hospital

Day in Kenyatta National Hospital

17.46

Guinness et al (2002)[16]

 

8.85

WHO CHOICE 2005

Day in provincial hospital

13.52

Average Nganda et al (2003)[17] & Guinness et al 2002[16]

 

6.48

WHO CHOICE 2005

Day in primary referral hospital

9.57

Nganda et al (2003)[17]

 

4.97

WHO CHOICE 2005

  1. *NetSPEAR – The Network for Surveillance of Pneumococcal Disease in the East African Region
  2. CSF: Cerebrospinal fluid