Table 3 Summary statistics of ten studies that presented economic burden analysis
Country | Perspective | Estimation method | Estimate (% or US$) | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Malaria expenditure as a percentage of GDP | ||||
Tanzania | Household & Healthcare System | Prevention and treatment of malaria (private, government, and donors) as % of GDP | 1.10 | [23] |
Household economic burden of malaria | ||||
India | Household | % of household income committed to malaria treatment | 3.12 | [24] |
Tanzania | Household | % of household consumption with malaria expenditures | 3.30 | [26] |
Kenya | Household | % of household income committed to malaria treatment | 6.50 | [51] |
Nigeria | Household | % of malaria expenditures in monthly non-food expenditure | 8.23 | [52] |
Percentage of households with catastrophic expenditures due to malaria | ||||
Sudan | Household | Malaria treatment ≥ 15% of monthly income | 17.80 | [27] |
Mozambique | Household | Catastrophic expenditures > 10% of monthly income | 17.87 | [20] |
Mozambique | Household | Catastrophic expenditures > 40% of non-food expenditure | 18.50 | [20] |
Zimbabwe | Household | Catastrophic health expenditures | 22.50 | [28] |
Total expenditures as a proxy for economic burden (US$ of 2020) | ||||
Mozambique | Societal | Unit cost per episode multiplied by the number of cases | 345,258 | [22] |
Ghana | Societal | Total costs of malaria treatment and prevention including costs associated with productivity loss due to death | 80,843,886 | [21] |
Tanzania | Societal | Total costs of malaria treatment and prevention including costs associated with productivity loss due to death | 350,786,986 | [21] |
Kenya | Societal | Total costs of malaria treatment and prevention including costs associated with productivity loss due to death | 302,662,132 | [21] |