Table 5 Costs, effects, and cost-effectiveness for diagnosing and treating both malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea per 100 eligible children, as payoffs from the decision-analytic tree model
Variable | Drug seller arm | CHW arm |
|---|---|---|
Number of eligible children for treatment | 100 | 100 |
Number of appropriately treated cases | 30 | 21 |
Cost per 100 children (appropriately treated case) | 591.20 | 298.42 |
Average cost-effectiveness ratio (per appropriately treated case | 19.86 | 14.13 |
Incremental costs per 100 children (appropriately treated case) | 292.78 | |
Incremental effect per 100 children (appropriately treated case) | 9 | |
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (per appropriately treated case) | 33.86 |