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Table 5 Costs and cost-effectiveness ratios

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of the available strategies for diagnosing malaria in outpatient clinics in Zambia

 

Clinical

Microscopy

RDT

a. Visits

6520

10460

6685

Diagnosis Costs

b. Cost of Diagnosis (prior treatment)

17,864

86,103

31,508

c. Cost/patient diagnosed (b/a)

2.7

8.2

4.7

Treatment Costs

d. Treatment costs (All treated as observed in study*)

9,422

12,708

7,918

e. Treatment costs (If only positive treated**)

9,429

5,590

3,226

Total Costs

f. Total cost (b+d)*

27,286

98,811

39,426

g. Total cost (b +e)**

27,293

91,693

34,734

h. Cost/patient diagnosed and treated (f/a)*

4.2

9.4

5.9

i. Cost/patient diagnosed and treated (g/a)**

4.2

8.8

5.2

Total Effectiveness

j. Number of cases correctly diagnosed

1598

8303

6082

k. Proportion of cases correctly diagnosed (j/a)

0.25

0.79

0.91

Average Cost Effectiveness Ratios (ACER)

l. Total cost/cases correctly diagnosed (f/j)*

17.1

11.9

6.5

m. Total cost/cases correctly diagnosed (g/j)**

17.1

11.0

5.7