Table 3.
Saran, India | Muzaffarpur India | Sunsari et al. Nepal | Mymensingh, Bangladesh | |
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New visceral leishmaniasis cases detected | 19 | 8 | 7 | 12 |
Houses screened | 5776 | 7025 | 1143 | 6566 |
Houses to screen for detecting 1 new VL case | 300 | 880 | 160 | 550 |
Costs: | ||||
Training costs ($) | 411 | 83 | 1262* | 1000* |
Diagnostics cost (rK39 ICTs etc.) ($) | 94 | 138 | 93 | 696† |
House screening survey costs–per diem, travel, etc. ($) | 634 | 668 | 1111 | 875 |
Cost per house surveyed | 11 cents | 9.5 cents | 97 cents | 13.3 cents |
Total direct costs of ACD (adjusted‡) ($) | 934 | 848 | 1836 | 2071 |
Incremental cost per new VL case detected ($) | ~50 | 106 | ~262 | ~172 |
Reflects higher per diem and differences in number of training sessions.
Includes cost of study physician recruited exclusively for study.
Training costs assumed for two cycles of house surveys, hence half of training costs used here.