Table 3 Effectiveness and cost input variables used in the analysis
Probability | Distribution | Distribution parameters |
|---|---|---|
Years of life lived | Gamma | Mode 28,732 (r = 5, λ = 0.00017) |
Cost of salaries, PHF | Gamma | Mode 3450 (r = 5, λ = 0.00144) |
Inpatient cost for a mortality | Gamma | Mode 49,420 (r = 5, λ = 0.00010) |
Inpatient costs of survival | Gamma | Mode 123,550 (r = 5, λ = 0.00004) |
YLD not admitted, survives | Gamma | Mode 33 (r = 5, λ = 0.14844) |
YLD admitted and survives | Gamma | Mode 33 (r = 5, λ = 0.14923) |
YLD admitted but dies | Gamma | Mode 1.70 (r = 5, λ = 2.88345) |
No rectal artesunate | Beta | Mode 0.5 (α = 2, β = 2) |
Compliance | Beta | Mode 0.67 (α = 2, β = 1.49000) |
Inpatient CFR | Beta | Mode 0.075 (α = 2, β = 13.33333) |
Cost of RDTs | Gamma | Mode 545 (r = 5, λ = 0.00917) |
Efficacy of rectal | Beta | Mode 0.49 (α = 2, β = 2.04080) |