Table 2 Bottom-up unit costs (2021 USD) of outpatient visit and inpatient admissions by illness, children under 5 in Uganda (2013), and Mozambique (2014)
From: Costs of treating childhood malaria, diarrhoea and pneumonia in rural Mozambique and Uganda
Illness | Mozambique | Uganda | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Health facility | Unit cost | Range | Health facility | Unit cost | Range | |
Outpatient | ||||||
Diarrhoea | PS | 1.3 | ||||
CSI | 0.5 | Level II (n = 2) | 0.3 | 0.2 to 0.4 | ||
CSII (n = 2) | 0.5 | 0.2 to 0.8 | Level III (n = 2) | 0.6 | 0.3 to 0.9 | |
CSIII | 1.3 | Level IV (n = 2) | 0.4 | 0.3 to 0.5 | ||
Hospital | 1.2 | Hospital | 0.5 | |||
Malaria | PS | 4.2 | ||||
CSI | 2.2 | Level II (n = 2) | 0.8 | 0.8 to 0.8 | ||
CSII (n = 2) | 4.2 | 3.3 to 5.1 | Level III (n = 2) | 0.7 | 0.7 to 0.7 | |
CSIII | 2.6 | Level IV (n = 2) | 0.8 | 0.7 to 0.8 | ||
Hospital | 2.5 | Hospital | 1.2 | |||
Cough, cold, or fever | PS | 2.7 | ||||
CSI | 1.5 | Level II (n = 2) | 0.4 | 0.1 to 0.6 | ||
CSII (n = 2) | 2.0 | 1.9 to 2.1 | Level III (n = 2) | 1.3 | 0.1 to 2.5 | |
CSIII | 3.1 | Level IV (n = 2) | 0.4 | 0.2 to 0.5 | ||
Hospital | 0.8 | Hospital | 0.1 | |||
Pneumonia or respiratory infections | PS | 2.2 | ||||
CSI | 1.0 | Level II (n = 2) | 0.5 | 0.2 to 0.7 | ||
CSII (n = 2) | 1.4 | 0.9 to 1.9 | Level III (n = 2) | 1.2 | 0.8 to 1.5 | |
CSIII | 2.1 | Level IV (n = 2) | 2.3 | 2.0 to 2.5 | ||
Hospital | 1.8 | Hospital | 1.1 | |||
Inpatient | ||||||
Diarrhoea | Hospital | 1.5 | Hospital | 2.3 | ||
Malaria | Hospital | 3.8 | Hospital | 19.6 | ||
Pneumonia | Hospital | 3.8 | Hospital | 2.8 | ||