A cost analysis of the diagnosis and treatment of malaria at public health facilities and communities in three districts in Rwanda

Table 7 Minimum, maximum average unit, and total costs per malaria type treated in the community, at health centres, and district hospitals

	# patients (95% CI^a) [N = 298,381]	Min avg^b cost	Max avg^b cost	Total cost/severity/facility type (USD^c)
	# patients (95% CI^a) [N = 298,381]	Min avg^b cost	Max avg^b cost	Min	Max
Simple Malaria
HBM^d	200,902 (200,023–201,781)	1.36		272,031.95	274,421.49
Health centre	94,267 (94,268–95,476)	2.99	3.00	281,862.19	286,427.13
District hospital	377 (339–415)	12.10	12.12	4,101.17	5,030.53
Simple Malaria with Minor Digestive Symptoms
Health centre	1,273 (1,204–1,344)	12.43	12.45	14,966.22	16,732.30
District hospital	477 (434–520)	27.37	27.38	11,883.78	14,232.40
Severe Malaria
District hospital	480 (437–523)	86.98	92.80	38,015.48	48,528.83
Total costs in 2018:				622,860.78	645,372.68

^aCI: Confidence Interval; ^bAvg: average; ^cUSD: United States Dollar; ^d HBM: Home-based Management

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