Cost-effectiveness analysis of the national implementation of integrated community case management and community-based health planning and services in Ghana for the treatment of malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia

Table 8 Cost-effectiveness for diagnosing and treating suspected pneumonia per 100 eligible children from de societal perspective in 2014 (US$)

Variables	Volta Region^b		Northern Region
Variables	iCCM	CHPS	iCCM	CHPS
Number of eligible children for treatment	100	100		100
Number treated with amoxicillin or cotrimoxazol^a	15	16		23
Number treated according to protocol	72	72		73
Costs per 100 children	US$19.87	US$122.13		US$156.44
Cost per child treated according to protocol	US$0.274	US$1.693		US$2.13
Incremental costs per 100 children	US$102.25
Incremental effect per 100 children	0
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio	iCCM is less costly and the same effective than CHPS

^a Source Additional file 3
^bAppropriate treatment for suspected pneumonia under the iCCM strategy in the Volta Region includes those treated with amoxicillin or referred for further management. The cost per treatment of those referred is included to allow comparison with CHPS

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