Table 1 Mean admission cost in US dollars in the treatment of falciparum malaria (2012)
From: Cost of treating inpatient falciparum malaria on the Thai-Myanmar border
Components | Artesunate | Quinine | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
All malaria patients (n = 100) | |||
Medication | 63.1 (95% CI: 38.1-96.2) | 32.1 (95% CI: 18.6-51.8) | 0.077 |
Intravenous fluid | 15.0 (95% CI: 10.7-19.6) | 24.0 (95% CI: 17.1-32.1) | 0.046 |
Disposables | 6.6 (95% CI: 3.8-9.8) | 15.2 (95% CI: 8.5-23.8) | 0.015 |
Laboratory tests | 37.5 (95% CI: 26.5-50.2) | 74.6 (95% CI: 49.8-107.6) | 0.008 |
Services | 68.1 (95% CI: 47.6-92.4) | 97.3 (95% CI: 61.8-146.4) | 0.258 |
Total costs | 190.3 (95% CI: 131.0-263.2) | 243.1 (95% CI: 167.5-349.7) | 0.375 |
Uncomplicated malaria (n = 41) | |||
Medication | 31.6 (95% CI 29.4-33.8) | 16.5 (95% CI: 8.2-26.1) | <0.001 |
Intravenous fluid | 4.5 (95% CI: 3.7-5.4) | 10.1 (95% CI: 7.6-13.3) | 0.004 |
Disposables | 1.5 (95% CI: 1.2-1.8) | 2.9 (95% CI: 1.8-4.2) | 0.002 |
Laboratory tests | 14.2 (95% CI: 10.3-17.9) | 24.6 (95% CI: 14.2-37.3) | 0.125 |
Services | 30.7 (95% CI: 23.9-30.0) | 44.4 (95% CI: 31.4-56.1) | 0.088 |
Total costs | 82.5 (95% CI: 72.3-93.7) | 98.5 (95% CI: 68.6-129.6) | 0.353 |
Severe malaria (n = 59) | |||
Medication | 90.5 (95% CI: 44.4-148.6) | 38.0 (95% CI: 20.4-65.3) | 0.085 |
Intravenous fluid | 24.0 (95% CI: 16.9-32.0) | 29.3 (95% CI: 20.3-39.7) | 0.412 |
Disposables | 11.0 (95% CI: 6.1-16.5) | 19.8 (95% CI: 11.4-30.3) | 0.126 |
Laboratory tests | 57.8 (95% CI: 39.9-80.1) | 93.7 (95% CI: 62.3-139.3) | 0.115 |
Services | 100.6 (95% CI: 66.5-141) | 117.4 (95% CI: 71.9-180.9) | 0.636 |
Total costs | 283.8 (95% CI: 181.3-407) | 298.2 (95% CI: 203.6-438.7) | 0.869 |