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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Jun;78(6):884–891.

Table 2.

Model results for each scenario (per 1,000 outpatients 5 years and older) by district

Bondo/Siaya district (high malaria transmission area)
Scenarios
    Expected number with malaria 262 S0* S1 S2
    Costs $1044 $822 $1031
     AL $541 $290 $388
     RDTs $0 $178 $372
     Blood slides $119 $58 $47
     Other antimalarials $189 $75 $0
     Antibiotics $195 $220 $224
    Number over-treated 236 92 58
    Number under-treated 161 174 79
 Kericho district (low malaria transmission area)

    Expected number with malaria 15 S0* S1 S2

    Costs $582 $823 $691
     AL $33 $127 $105
     RDTs $10 $267 $314
     Blood slides $85 $20 $15
     Other antimalarials $264 $164 $0
     Antibiotics $190 $245 $257
    Number over-treated 19 73 56
    Number under-treated 14 9 7
*

Behavior based on actual practice observed prior to introduction of RDTs.

Behavior based on actual practice observed after intervention to provide RDTs.

Behavior based on revised practice with RDTs (see text for details).

AL = artemether-lumefantrine; RDT =rapid diagnostic test.