Table 1.
Cost components and unit costs considered for malaria diagnosis, Amazon Region, Brazil in 2006.
| Items | Unit cost considered in the base-case analysis and variation (US$) |
Information sources |
|---|---|---|
| Exams and supplies | ||
| Thick smear - one exam (1) | 0.92 (0.19-1.40) | Base-case: Macauley, 2005 |
| Variation: Malaria Lab of Evandro Chagas Institute; Macauley,2005 | ||
| OptiMal® - one test | 4.28 (3.59 | Base-case: Union Official Gazette, 2006 |
| - 4.93) | Variation: DiaMed Laboratory; State of Pará | |
| Gloves to use with RDT | 0.02 (0.05) | Base-case and variation: Stock Prices of Ministry of Health |
| Salaries | ||
| Microscope technician - monthly salary | 290.93 | Base-case: Health care center/Municipality Novo Repartimento |
| Health worker - monthly salary | 214.38 | Base-case: Health care center/Municipality Novo Repartimento |
| Equipment | ||
| Microscope - one unit - annual value | 485.65 (327.94) | Base-case and variation: Ministry of Health |
| Microscope maintenance - one annual maintenance | 36.87 | Base-case: Malaria Lab of Evandro Chagas Institute |
| Transportation | ||
| For the rapid test - average monthly cost | 1,450.23 (855.30 - 16,428.14) | Base-case Health care center/Municipality Novo Repartimento |
| For microscopy - average monthly cost | 2,900.46 (1,710.60 - 32,856.28) | Base-case and variation: Health care center/Municipality Novo Repartimento |
| Training | ||
| Microscopy - one annual course per municipality | 11,137.79 (5,934.34) | Base-case and variation: Ministry of Health |
| Rapid test - one annual course per municipality | 116.02 (61.82) | Base-case and variation: Ministry of Health |
Notes:
Corresponds to the individual cost of an examination, which includes a glass slide, Giemsa and other stains (all components of stains), oil immersion, lancet, cotton, alcohol, and gloves.