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Table 5 Scenario analysis: Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) for appropriately treated malaria patient from a health sector perspective in US$ comparing microscopy and RDT diagnostic methods with paracetamol in two regions of Afghanistan, 2009

From: Cost-effectiveness of malaria diagnosis using rapid diagnostic tests compared to microscopy or clinical symptoms alone in Afghanistan

 

Moderate transmission region

Low transmission region

    

Area with microscopes

Area without microscopes

 

Microscopy

RDT

Paracetamol

Microscopy

RDT

Paracetamol

Clinical

RDT

Paracetamol

Appropriately treated malaria patients (%)

21.03

21.01

0.00

0.78

0.38

0.00

0.00&

0.00&

0.00&

Health sector cost per patient in US$

2.57

2.55

0.48

8.94

1.85

0.38

0.50

1.84

0.38

ICER, RDT versus paracetamol

  

9.85

  

384.20

  

-

ICER, microscopy versus paracetamol

  

9.94

  

1101.21

  

-

  1. & No malaria cases.