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Table 5 Unit cost of outpatient treatment by diagnostic arm (US$)

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

Cost category

Presumptive

RDT

Microscopy

Unit cost of diagnosisa

0.62

1.29

1.53

Mean cost of AL only per visitb

1.38

1.38

1.38

Mean cost of antibiotics/analgesics per visitc

1.05

1.05

1.05

Patient costs per visit (mean)d

1.97

2.37

2.69

Unit cost of OPD treatment visit with AL onlye

3.97

5.04

5.60

Unit cost of OPD treatment visit with AL+antibiotic/analgesicf

5.02

6.09

6.65

Unit cost of OPD treatment visit with antibiotic/analgesicg

3.64

4.71

5.27

  1. AL = artemether-lumefantrine, OPD = outpatient department, RDT = rapid diagnostic test, e = (a+b+d), f = (a+b+c+d), g = (a+c+d)