Table 4 Cost per diagnosing and treating a malaria, diarrhoea and suspected pneumonia cases from the household perspective under the iCCM and CHPS strategy in the Volta and Northern Region in 2014 (US$)
Variables | Volta Region | Northern Region | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CBA | CHPS | CBA | CHPS | |||||||||
Malaria | Diarrhoea | Pneumonia | Malaria | Diarrhoea | Pneumonia | Malaria | Diarrhoea | Pneumonia | Malaria | Diarrhoea | Pneumonia | |
Value of time lost to provider (1) | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.08 |
Travel cost (2) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.18 |
Value of time lost at provider (3) | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
Food in provider (4) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.35 |
RDT cost (5) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Drug cost (6) | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.03 | 0.54 |
Average cost per case | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 1.81 | 1.54 | 1.49 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 0.04 | 0.91 | 0.72 | 1.24 |