Skip to main content

Table 6 Cost effectiveness of three malaria diagnostic strategies text report

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

Strategy

Cost

(US$)

Incremental Cost (US$)

Effectiveness

Incremental Effectiveness

Average Cost/Effectiveness ratio

ICER

Presumptive

4.04

 

0.643

 

6.28

 

RDT

5.22

1.17

0.877

0.234

5.95

5.0

Microscopy

5.53

1.48

0.797

0.154

6.94

9.61

(Dominated)

Dominance Report:

The strategy "microscopy" is dominated by "RDT".

  1. ICER = incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, RDT = rapid diagnostic test
Back to article page

Malaria Journal

ISSN: 1475-2875

Contact us