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Table 9 Quantity and cost of hospitalisation in USD by treatment alternatives

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

 

Cost per day (USD)

ARTES

(n = 30)

QLD

(n = 28)

QNLD3

(n = 30)

QNLD2

(n = 30)

No of days

Cost

No of days

Cost

No of days

Cost

No of days

Cost

Admission fees

2.50

59

147.5

68

170

77

192.5

67

167.5

Mean number of days per patient

 

1.97

 

2.43

 

2.57

 

2.23

 

Range

 

0–4

 

1–5

 

2–5

 

0–4