Table 6 Mean cost (with SD) for treating one episode of severe malaria in patients admitted to hospitals and health centres in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Hospital/Health centre | Mean length of stay, days (SD) | Blood smear unit cost | Mean injectable drug cost | Mean oral drug costa | Mean administration cost | Mean inpatient cost | Mean total cost per patient | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QNN | ART | QNN | ART | QNN | ART | QNN | ART | QNN | ART | QNN | ART | QNN | ART | |
Kimpese referral hospital | 7.12 (4.43) | 6.26 (5.01) | 2.94 | 2.94 | 0.45 (0.22) | 7.72 (3.28) | 0.66 (0.38) | 0.48 (0.06) | 1.89 (0.83) | 1.39 (0.48) | 49.56 (18.04) | 47.25 (19.82) | 61.58 (18.72) | 59.57 (20.97) |
Centre Hospitalier Roi Baudouin | 4.09 (3.41) | 3.72 (2.17) | 3.21 | 3.21 | 0.78 (0.17) | 3.24 (1.51) | 0.97 (0.30) | 0.56 (0.21) | 6.59 (1.56) | 0.90 (0.83) | 38.60 (12.99) | 38.76 (8.32) | 53.29 (7.86) | 46.58 (8.55) |
Hôpital St Luc Kisantu | 3.13 (1.06) | 6.68 (4.00) | NA | NA | NA | 3.87 (1.72) | 0.70 (0.23) | 0.50 (0.18) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 50.34 (9.98) b | 55.44 (11.81) b |
Health Centre CECO | 3.96 (2.35) | 4.28 (3.36) | 1.07 | 1.07 | 0.57 (0.14) | 7.19 (2.51) | 1.00 (0.49) | 0.48 (0.13) | 2.10 (0.34) | 1.62 (0.45) | 40.28 (10.32) | 41.62 (14.47) | 32.53 (14.25) c | 28.21 (9.41) c |
Health Centre La Famille | 3.80 (1.54) | 2.58 (1.50) | 1.07 | 1.07 | 0.94 (0.43) | 7.26 (3.95) | 1.58 (0.59) | 0.66 (0.30) | 3.89 (1.59) | 1.22 (0.45) | 10.48 (3.63) | 8.19 (3.21) | 19.35 (4.46) | 18.21 (5.02) |
Health Centre Bita | 2.18 (0.68) | 1.99 (0.11) | 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.49 (0.33) | 7.30 (2.68) | 1.99 (0.78) | 0.49 (0.17) | 6.48 (1.23) | 1.51 (0.23) | 6.71 (2.07) | 6.39 (0.30) | 21.97 (2.73) | 16.56 (2.87) |
Health Centre Menkao | 1.78 (0.97) | 1.27 (1.34) | 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.81 (0.72) | 9.12 (5.09) | 1.05 (0.45) | 0.63 (0.24) | 5.10 (1.19) | 2.60 (0.73) | 3.15 (1.29) | 2.49 (1.76) | 13.92 (2.59) | 15.66 (5.84) |
Health Centre Ngeba | 4.6 (2.59) | 2.7 (0.98) | NA | NA | NA | 5.87 (1.95) | 0.97 (0.30) | 0.43 (0.04) | NA | NA | NA | NA | 6.86 (0.84) b | 4.47 (0.10) b |