Cost-effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) for averting anaemia in Gabon: a comparison between intention to treat and according to protocol analyses

Table 2 Cost-effectiveness of IPTi-SP^a to prevent anaemia in Lambaréné, Gabon

Intervention costs per moderate anaemia cases averted
	US $ 2007	95% CI^b	Min, Max
Intention to treat	12.88	4.19, 30.48	-259.80, 1367.16
According to protocol	11.3	4.56, 26.66	2.97, 97.83
Number of episodes of moderate anaemia averted
	N	95% CI ^b	Min, Max
Intention to treat	16.45	4.35, 30.26	-0.44, 42.22
According to protocol	13.73	4.70, 24.81	1.44, 36.73

^a Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine [(Malaria episodes averted thanks to IPTi were 20 (CI 95% -20, 57) and intervention cost per malaria episode averted was US$ 11.93 (CI 95% -90.60, 102.87) [24]]
^b Confidence Interval

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