Table 1 Household cost per malaria case among individuals of all ages (2018 US$)
|  | Uncomplicated malaria care-seeking costs (n = 679) including outpatient consultations (n = 514) | Severe malaria care-seeking costs (n = 9) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Median | IQR | Mean | SD | Median | IQR | |
Traditional healer (including transportation) | 0.29 | 5.29 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 |
CHW costs | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 |
Travel costs to/from the health facility | 0.34 | 1.21 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 | 1.16 | 2.23 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.69 |
Direct costs at the health facility | 0.05 | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.00–0.06 | 2.16 | 2.22 | 2.19 | 0.09–3.57 |
Treatment costs after health facility visit | 0.04 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.03 | 0.23 | 0.36 | 0.06 | 0.00–0.16 |
Subtotal: direct costs of care-seeking | 0.74 | 5.47 | 0.05 | 0.00–0.19 | 3.54 | 2.93 | 3.75 | 0.60–6.31 |
Value of time lost in the main economic activity | 16.67 | 31.17 | 2.29 | 0.00–22.38 | 154.30 | 192.89 | 76.97 | 31.45–87.71 |
Total costs | 17.41 | 31.69 | 3.46 | 0.07–22.41 | 157.85 | 194.43 | 81.08 | 39.34–88.38 |