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Table 4 Total annual 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

 

Type of health facility

Total cost

Range

Total number of patients a

Type of health facility

Total cost

Range

Total number of patients a

Outpatient

 

 Diarrhoea

PS

246

 

59

Level II (n = 2)

219

206 to 231

63 to 93

CSI

226

 

81

Level III (n = 2)

576

261 to 890

110 to 148

CSII (n = 2)

290

90 to 490

84 to 92

Level IV (n = 2)

365

137 to 592

23 to 109

CSIII

1960

 

457

Hospital

689

 

610

Hospital

3567

 

647

    

 Malaria

PS

8662

 

1172

Level II (n = 2)

1608

268 to 2948

87 to 418

CSI

5985

 

960

Level III (n = 2)

5516

673 to 10,359

417 to 1319

CSII (n = 2)

10,717

4430 to 17,004

831 to 1242

Level IV (n = 2)

8094

1091 to 14,006

320 to 844

CSIII

43,182

 

5296

Hospital

14,535

 

4760

Hospital

61,913

 

7030

    

 Cough, cold, or fever

PS

481

 

66

Level II (n = 2)

1329

529 to 2129

249 to 614

CSI

1150

 

128

Level III (n = 2)

1951

1383 to 2518

312 to 1146

CSII (n = 2)

1681

1196 to 2166

76 to 314

Level IV (n = 2)

1182

279 to 2084

292 to 511

CSIII

25,630

 

1681

Hospital

4424

 

3749

Hospital

6312

 

435

    

 Pneumonia or respiratory infections

PS

862

 

122

Level II (n = 2)

446

30 to 861

13 to 245

CSI

1038

 

237

Level III (n = 2)

291

62 to 519

7 to 73

CSII (n = 2)

970

351 to 1589

187 to 232

Level IV (n = 2)

670

155 to 1030

23 to 78

CSIII

15,955

 

3117

Hospital

2000

 

512

Hospital

6340

 

978

    

Inpatient

 Diarrhoea

Hospital

455

 

22

Hospital

-

 

-

 Malaria

Hospital

16,463

 

315

Hospital

15,395

 

1994

 Pneumonia

Hospital

816

 

34

Hospital

3033

 

514

  1. a–Where we have more than one health facility of a type, we present the range for the total number of cases at that facility type