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Table 3 Top down, and 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

Mozambique

Uganda

Illness

Type of health facility

Adjusted top-down estimates

Bottom-up estimates

Bottom-up estimates without drugs and diagnostics

Type of health facility

Adjusted top-down estimates

Bottom-up estimates

Bottom-up estimates without drugs and diagnostics

  

Unit cost

Range

Unit cost

Range

Unit cost

Range

 

Unit cost

Range

Unit cost

Range

Unit cost

Range

Outpatient

 

 Diarrhoea

PS

4.2

 

1.3

 

1.1

 

Level II (n = 2)

2.9

2.5 to 3.3

0.3

0.2 to 0.4

0.1

0.01 to 0.1

CSI

2.8

 

0.5

 

0.3

 

Level III (n = 2)

4.9

1.8 to 8.1

0.6

0.3 to 0.9

0.2

0.1 to 0.3

CSII (n = 2)

3.4

1.0 to 5.8

0.5

0.2 to 0.8

0.35

0.2 to 0.5

Level IV (n = 2)

7.6

7.3 to 7.9

0.4

0.3 to 0.5

0.3

0.2 to 0.3

CSIII

4.3

 

1.3

 

1.0

 

Hospital

0.1

 

0.5

 

0.2

 

Hospital

5.5

 

1.2

 

0.5

        

 Malaria

PS

7.4

 

4.2

 

1.3

 

Level II (n = 2)

5.1

3.1 to 7.1

0.8

0.8 to 0.8

0.2

0.2 to 0.2

CSI

6.2

 

2.2

 

0.5

 

Level III (n = 2)

4.8

1.6 to 7.9

0.7

0.7 to 0.7

0.15

0.1 to 0.2

CSII (n = 2)

9.5

5.3 to 13.7

4.2

3.3 to 5.1

0.7

0.9 to 0.5

Level IV (n = 2)

13.5

4.4 to 22.5

0.8

0.7 to 0.8

0.5

0.2 to 0.8

CSIII

8.2

 

2.6

 

1.4

 

Hospital

1.4

 

1.2

 

0.6

 

Hospital

8.8

 

2.5

 

0.9

        

 Cough, cold, or fever

PS

7.3

 

2.7

 

1.8

 

Level II (n = 2)

2.8

2.1 to 3.5

0.4

0.1 to 0.6

0.22

0.09 to 0.1

CSI

9.0

 

1.5

 

0.8

 

Level III (n = 2)

4.7

1.2 to 8.1

1.3

0.1 to 2.5

0.3

0.1 to 0.4

CSII (n = 2)

11.3

6.9 to 15.7

2.0

1.9 to 2.1

1.3

1.3 to 1.3

Level IV (n = 2)

3.3

1.2 to 5.4

0.4

0.2 to 0.5

0.1

0.05 to 0.1

CSIII

15.2

 

3.1

 

2.2

 

Hospital

0.3

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

Hospital

14.5

 

0.8

 

0.5

        

 Pneumonia or respiratory infections

PS

7.1

 

2.2

 

1.9

 

Level II (n = 2)

2.9

2.3 to 3.5

0.5

0.2 to 0.7

0.14

0.1 to 0.2

CSI

4.4

 

1.0

 

0.4

 

Level III (n = 2)

8.0

7.1 to 8.9

1.2

0.8 to 1.5

0.5

0.00 to 1.0

CSII (n = 2)

3.4

1.9 to 4.9

1.4

0.9 to 1.9

0.2

0.1 to 0.3

Level IV (n = 2)

12.9

8.3 to 17.4

2.3

2.0 to 2.5

0.4

0.4 to 0.4

CSIII

5.1

 

2.1

 

1.0

 

Hospital

1.4

 

1.1

 

0.6

 

Hospital

6.5

 

1.8

 

1.2

        

Inpatient

 Diarrhoea

Hospital

20.7

 

1.5

 

1.2

 

Hospital

-*

 

2.3

 

2.3

 

 Malaria

Hospital

52.3

 

3.8

 

2.6

 

Hospital

24.4

 

19.6

 

6.4

 

 Pneumonia

Hospital

24.0

 

3.8

 

3.2

 

Hospital

3.5

 

2.8

 

2.8