Cost-effectiveness of malaria microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests versus presumptive diagnosis: implications for malaria control in Uganda

Table 1 Aggregate resources (US$) at two health centres per arm and allocation criteria

Recurrent costs	Presumptive	RDT	Microscopy	Allocation criteria
Salaries	24955	28374	40001^§	Measured staff time
Drugs and disposables	13757	14177	18521	To relevant cost centre
Stationery	311	393	432	Estimated use
Utilities	459	393	565	Relative to size of space
Laboratory and RDT supplies	N/A	4221	1874	To relevant cost centre
Cleaning materials	340	306	331	To relevant cost centre
Capital costs*
Building**	3749	5973	7497	Actual use
Equipment	402	498	767	Actual use
Furniture	144	149	216	Actual use
Total	44,117	54,484	70,204

N/A = not applicable, RDT = rapid diagnostic test
^§includes salaries of laboratory personnel
*goods with useful lifespan of more than one year, costs annualised at 3% discount rate
** includes sits in the waiting area made of fixed concrete

ISSN: 1475-2875