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. 2010 Oct 15;5(10):e13407. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013407

Table 2. Cost-effectiveness analysis of IPTp-SPa for 1000 pregnant womenb.

Intervention costsc 435.79 (371.80, 508.00)
Treatment savings due to the efficacy of IPTp-SP a on clinical malaria c
Health system treatment savings 422.74 (152.00, 718.00)
Outpatient 239.91 (84.00, 432.00)
Inpatient 182.82 (66.30, 308.00)
Households' outpatient treatment savings 117.69 (40.50, 212.70)
Direct 33.89 (6.10, 77.20)
Indirect 83.79 (29.60, 148.30)
Households' admission treatment savings 19.64 (−39.30, 81.00)
Direct 8.20 (−42.80, 55.80)
Indirect 11.44 (−20.50, 42.70)
Net intervention costs c on clinical malaria
Intervention costs – health system treatment savings 13.17 (−292.00, 290.00)
Incremental cost effectiveness ratio on clinical malaria
Intervention costs/ Number DALYs avertedd 41.46 (20.50, 96.70)
Effectiveness of IPTp-SP a on clinical malaria
Total number of episodes avertede 112.00 (42.00, 182.00)
Number of outpatient episodes averted 56.12 (20.50, 95.50)
Number of inpatient episodes averted 4.49 (1.63, 7.56)
Number of maternal deaths averted 0.39 (0.143, 0.661)
Number of DALYsd averted 12.20 (4.59, 20.81)
Incremental cost effectiveness ratio on neonatal mortality
Intervention costs/ Number DALYs avertedd 1.08 (0.43, 3.48)
Effectiveness of IPTp-SP a on neonatal mortality
Number of neonatal deaths averted 18.93 (4.39, 33.85)
Number of DALYs avertedd 555.21 (129.00, 992.00)
Combined analysis
Intervention costs/Number of DALYs avertedd 1.02 (0.42, 3.21)
Number of DALYs avertedd 570.95 (236.00, 908.00)
a

Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine.

b

95% confidence intervals in brackets.

c

in US$ 2007.

d

Disability-adjusted life years.

e

Total number of episodes averted is theoretical and relies on the assumption that formal treatment is sought for any case of suspected malaria. The total number is higher than the sum of inpatients and outpatients episodes averted because number of outpatient episodes considers that only a proportion of pregnant women with symptoms of malaria, actually, seeks formal treatment.