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Table 7 Transfusion related costs by the treatment groups (furosemide, transfusion set and transfusion fees)

From: Economic evaluation of artesunate and three quinine regimens in the treatment of severe malaria in children at the Ebolowa Regional Hospital-Cameroon: a cost analysis

 

ARTES

(n = 30)

QLD

(n = 28)

QNLD3

(n = 30)

QNLD2

(n = 30)

Comments

TC (+ Tx costs) per group

619.24

560.56

566.95

498.61

ARTES has highest adjuvant care cost

Tx related costs

383.10

306.48

255.40

204.32

ARTES has highest transfusion cost

TC (− Tx costs)

236.14

254.08

311.55

294.29

 

AC (+ Tx costs)

20.64

20.02

18.90

16.62

ARTES has lowest and QNLD3 has highest cost without Tx

AC (− Tx costs)

7.87

9.07

10.39

9.81

 
  1. TC total cost, Tx costs transfusion-related costs, AC adjuvant costs