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Table 5 Expected treatment cost of a malaria episode by age-group and model type (Monte Carlo simulation)

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

 

Expected treatment cost (US$) 2009

Country and age range*

Model type 1 with TSB**

Model type 2 without TSB**

 

Mean

Confidence interval

Min

Max

Mean

Confidence interval

Min

Max

 

Ghana

 

2-15 months

22.3

11.7

40.48

8.11

54.16

20.42

14.38

28.38

12.45

32.71

3-24 months

10.65

7.2

14.77

5.78

16.85

15.25

10.43

21.43

8.75

25.93

0-24 months

15.31

8.35

26.32

6.31

36.83

16.79

10.5

25.64

8.42

36.09

16-24 months

8.34

5.26

12.48

4.2

14.22

10.94

2.58

16.52

5.49

19.17

3-59 months

5.45

3.26

8.38

2.7

10.45

8.47

5.27

12.74

4.69

15.24

 

Tanzania

 

2-12 months

3.49

2.62

4.48

2.37

4.94

4.15

3.77

4.59

3.66

4.68

2-11 months

1.29

1.01

1.59

0.93

1.7

1.66

1.32

2.06

1.2

2.6

12-23 months

3.41

2.84

4

2.61

4.31

4.26

3.64

4.98

3.4

5.4

0-59 months

2.12

1.9

2.36

1.8

2.47

5.47

3.45

7.58

2.78

8.07

 

Kenya

 

0-12 months

13.57

3.88

24.01

3.27

25.20

15.69

4.40

27.60

3.51

29.49

10-24 months

15.23

5.05

25.62

4.30

27.20

17.37

5.62

29.41

4.66

31.35

0-24 months

19.90

17.19

22.74

16.18

23.69

22.88

19.43

26.49

18.01

27.60

  1. Notes: *References of input values used in Table 1; **TSB treatment-seeking behaviour.