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Table 7 Total cost from both patient and provider perspectives for uncomplicated malaria episodes in Mazan district 2017 (US$)

From: Economic costs analysis of uncomplicated malaria case management in the Peruvian Amazon

Perspective

P. vivax (n = 1,029)

P. falciparum (n = 315)

Total (N = 1344)

Monthly minimum wage

GDP per capita

Monthly minimum wage

GDP per capita

Monthly minimum wage

GDP per capita

 

Sub-total costs

Cost per uncomplicated episode

Sub-total costs

Cost per uncomplicated episode

Sub-total costs

Cost per uncomplicated episode

Sub-total costs

Cost per uncomplicated episode

Total cost

Cost per uncomplicated episode

%

Total cost

Cost per uncomplicated episode

%

Provider

 Direct cost

29,450.57

28.62

49,861.25

48.46

12,014.98

38.14

19,126.51

60.72

41,465.55

30.85

19.1

68,987.8

51.3

15.8

Patient

 Direct cost

4723.11

4.59

4723.11

4.59

1124.55

3.57

1124.55

3.57

5847.66

4.35

2.7

5847.7

4.4

1.3

 Indirect cost

126,111.69

122.56

268,003.24

260.45

43,581.01

138.35

92,615.14

294.02

169,692.70

126.26

78.2

360,618.4

268.3

82.8

 Direct and indirect costs

130,834.80

127.15

272,726.35

265.04

44,705.56

141.92

93,739.69

297.59

175,540.36

130.61

80.9

366,466.0

272.7

84.2

Total cost

160,285.36

155.77

322,587.60

313.50

56,720.54

180.07

112,866.20

358.31

217,005.91

161.46

100

435,453.8

324.0

100

  1. Monthly minimum wage 2017: US$257.6; GDP (Gross domestic product) per capita 2017:US$ 6,571.9