Table 2 Household cost per malaria case among children under the five (2018 US$)
|  | Uncomplicated malaria care-seeking costs (n = 2519) including outpatient consultations (n = 1224) | Severe malaria care-seeking costs (n = 10) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Median | IQR | Mean | SD | Median | IQR | |
Traditional healer (including transportation) | 0.14 | 1.53 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 |
CHW costs | 0.01 | 4.27 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 |
Travel costs to/from the health facility | 0.72 | 1.32 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.94 | 0.95 | 1.24 | 0.41 | 0.00–1.38 |
Direct costs at the health facility | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.02 | 2.98 | 2.53 | 1.85 | 1.21–5.50 |
Treatment costs after health facility visit | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.00–0.00 | 0.75 | 2.22 | 0.08 | 0.00–0.09 |
Subtotal: direct costs of care-seeking | 0.92 | 4.48 | 0.01 | 0.00–1.05 | 4.68 | 4.36 | 2.90 | 1.99–6.31 |
Value of time lost in main economic activity for the primary caregiver | 7.23 | 17.17 | 0.33 | 0.00–5.90 | 61.23 | 31.45 | 59.37 | 47.17–71.60 |
Total costs | 8.15 | 18.22 | 1.63 | 0.00–7.79 | 65.91 | 32.05 | 64.90 | 49.76–80.96 |