Table 2 Minimum and maximum values of cost components and average absenteeism days per episode

Cost of the healthcare system

Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Tanzania, Thailand, and Vietnam

3.91 (Afghanistan)

125.21 (Kenya)

5

[19, 21, 22, 53, 54]

Household costs

Burkina Faso, China, Colombia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Vietnam

0.48 (Sri Lanka)

214.68 (India)

14

[21, 22, 24, 35, 36, 45, 55,56,57,58,59,60,61]

Household direct costs

Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Sudan, Thailand, and Vietnam

0.62 (Papua New Guinea, Indonesia)

38.12 (Thailand)

14

[19, 22, 24, 27, 36, 38, 45,46,47, 51, 54, 59,60,61]

Household indirect costs

Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mozambique, Peru, Sudan, Tanzania, and Vietnam

0.25 (Kenya)

182.37 (India)

10

[21, 22, 24, 37, 45,46,47, 51, 59, 62]

Days of patient absenteeism

Afghanistan, Angola, Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Peru, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam

1.30 (Brazil)

11.00 (India)

11

[19, 20, 24, 36, 45,46,47,48, 57, 62, 63]

Days of caregiver absenteeism

Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Sudan, Thailand, and Vietnam

0.20 (Brazil)

9.20 (Malawi)

10

[19, 20, 24, 36, 45, 47, 48, 60,61,62]