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Table 3 Health system costs per uncomplicated malaria case among patients of all ages (2018 US$)

From: The economic burden of malaria on households and the health system in a high transmission district of Mozambique

Cost category

Mean

SD

% of total (%)

Median

IQR

Medical examinations

0.06

0.52

1.38

0.05

0.03–0.10

Malaria diagnostic tests

1.67

0.09

38.48

1.66

1.60–1.74

Malaria treatment

1.57

0.69

36.18

1.54

1.51–1.64

Overhead cost allocation

1.03

–

23.18

1.03

–

Total costs

4.34

0.09

 

4.34

4.32–4.35

  1. N = 13
  2. IQR interquartile-range, SD standard deviation