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Table 4 Costs incremental health outcomes and cost-utility of pre-referral antimalarial treatments by healthcare provider

From: Cost effectiveness of pre-referral antimalarial treatment in severe malaria among children in sub-Saharan Africa

Scenario

Intervention

Costs for a cohort of 1000 children ($)

DALYs

DALYs averted

Incremental cost ($)

ICER ($ per DALY averted)

Base model

No treatment

0.89

20,122

–

–

–

CHW

85,491

4587

15,535

85,490

5.50

PHF

88,961

7512

12,610

88,960

7.05

THF

123,711

2186

17,936

123,710

6.90

Probabilistic sensitivity analysis

No treatment

0.88 [0.88–0.88]

19,529 [15,315, 24,737]

–

–

–

CHW

68,428 [43,362, 100,703]

5413 [3091, 8430]

13,276 [9534, 17,684]

68,427 [43,361, 100,702]

5.11 [3.01, 8.21]

PHF

73,825 [47,531, 103,875]

8328 [5030, 12,531]

9993 [6180, 14,429]

73,825 [47,530, 103,874]

7.30 [5.30, 11.20]

THF

114,903 [91,842, 145,168]

3111 [1801, 5005]

15,801 [11,990, 20,375]

114,902 [91,841, 145,167]

7.14 [5.10, 10.92]

  1. CHW community healthworker, PHF primary health facility, THF tertiary health facility, ICER incremental cost-utility ratio, cost cost for treating one child