Table 2.

Estimated number of cases successfully treated and average cost-effectiveness

Effects/cost	AL	SP
1. Patients starting treatment (2005)	55509	55509
2. Efficacy	98.2%	68.4%
3. Patient Compliance	75.1%	85.0%
4. Treatment successful despite less than full compliance	50%	0
5. Number of cases successfully treated*	47560	32273
6. Total expenditure on treating malaria	406370.69	343743.64
7. Average Cost-effectiveness Ratio (average cost per case cured)	$8.57	$10.65
8. Incremental cost per case successfully treated	4.10	-

Items in Rows 5, 6, 7 and 8 estimated from formula in section 3. Input data on efficacy and compliance obtained from surveys [12-16].