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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 17.
Published in final edited form as: Cad Saude Publica. 2011 May;27(5):944–952. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2011000500012

Table 4.

The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio.

Cost Guardian CHW Difference % difference Incremental cost- effectiveness ratio *
Total Per patient treated 389.17 547.82 158.65 29%
Per patient cured 397.82 657.38 259.57 39% −1.094.685
Provider Per patient treated 306.37 523.22 216.85 41%
Per patient cured 313.18 627.86 314.69 50% −1.496.265
Household Per patient treated 82.8 24.6 −58.20 −237%
Per patient cured 84.64 29.52 −55.12 −187% 401.58

CHW: community health workers.

*

Defined as: difference in total costs between intervention and control/difference in number of patients cured between intervention and control.