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Table 4 Other costs included in the models

From: The economic costs of malaria in children in three sub-Saharan countries: Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya

Type of cost

Life expectancy

2009 US$

Ghana

 

Productivity loss due to infant deaths*

56.6

11794.01

Potential productivity loss due to children death**

60.2

13814.85

Traditional treatment+

-

3.79

ACT median costs (median, interquartile range)

-

1.37 [0.68, 2.40]

Tanzania

 

Productivity loss due to infant deaths*

50.3

6856.98

Potential productivity loss due to child death**

53.3

8066.92

Traditional treatment+

-

4.94

ACT median costs (median, interquartile range)

-

0.70 [0.35, 2.15]

Kenya

 

Productivity loss due to infant deaths*

53.5

7554.08

Potential productivity loss due to child death**

57.1

8897.63

Traditional treatment+

-

5.70

ACT median costs (median, interquartile range)

-

0.66 [0.53, 1.71]

  1. Notes: *0-1 year; ** 1-4 years; +as a proxy, the cost of a live chicken was used; ACT Artemisinin Combination Therapy.