Table 3. Costs of an epilepsy care program aimed at decreasing the treatment gap from 90–80%.

Program item	Baseline cost	Cost change in sensitivity analysis*
Number of PWE seeking/receiving care	Reduction of treatment gap to 80% for the 170,000 PWE in Zambia	None
Rx1	Labor1+cap1(.1%)+dx1+drugs1 $13.58 per PWE per year	Increase cap costs to 3%= $16.73+20% labor costs= $14.90 Purchase most expensive wholesale phenobarbitone= $74.83 Add pediatric AED formulations for 10% of PWE= $14.88
Rx2	Labor2+cap2(.1%)+dx2+drugs2 $18.81 per PWE per year at Urban Health Center	+20% labor costs= $21.32 Seen at District Hospital= $31.79
Rx3	Labor3+cap3(.1%)+dx3+drugs3 $165.63 per PWE per year in diagnosis year	$61.63 per PWE per year after dx
Training	10% of primary care staff $1.39 per PWE	-
Social marketing	Sponsoring Epilepsy Week° $6.62 per PWE	-

PWE, people with epilepsy.

^*Assumes all other costs remain at baseline model.

^°Based upon the annual costs of Child Health Week.