Table 2 Effectiveness and cost ($US) of the three different diagnostic strategies, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2007
Description | Different treatment strategies | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Presumptive n (%) | Paracheck-BS n (%) | Parascreen-BS n (%) | |
Correctly treated p.falciparum cases | 453 | 402 | 377 |
Correctly treated p.vivax cases | 0 | 178 | 155 |
Correctly treated non-malaria cases | 0 | 0 | 1611 |
Total correctly treated cases | 453 (18.70) | 580 (23.95) | 2143 (88.48) |
Test Cost | 0 | 1501.64(55.52) | 2615.76(72.08) |
AL cost | 5017.2 | 1108.80(41.00) | 1003.20(27.65) |
CQ cost | 0 | 94.05(3.48) | 9.80(0.27) |
Total cost | 5017.20 | 2704.49 | 3628.76 |