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. 2011 Jun 9;10:159. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-159

Table 2.

Average cost per case appropriately diagnosed

Variable HMM Health facility
Number of cases 9,847 53450

Number tested with RDT 9,552. 24587

Number tested with microscopy 0 5345

Number tested clinically 295.00 23518

Proportion of fever cases in whom test is used 97% 56.00%

Total tested with either RDT or microscopy 9,552.00 29932

Total cost of diagnostic test (USD) 38,112.48 159387.90

Proportion of cases appropriately tested 97% 56%

Average cost per case appropriately tested (USD) 3.99 5.33