Table 4.

Input variables and distributions used for the sensitivity analyses, Dangme West District, 2009, Ghana, GHS1 = US$0.68

Input variable	Microscopy setting		Presumptive diagnosis setting
	RDT arm	Microscopy arm	RDT arm	Presumptive diagnosis arm
Sensitivity of test	Triangular	Triangular	Triangular	Triangular
	Min = 0.86	Min = 0.60	Min = 0.93	Min = 0.96
	Mode = 0.87	Mode = 0.61	Mode = 0.93	Mode = 0.97
	Max = 0.92	Max = 0.66	Max = 0.98	Max = 1.00
Specificity of test	Triangular	Triangular	Triangular	Triangular
	Min = 0.87	Min = 0.80	Min = 0.89	Min = 0.09
	Mode = 0.88	Mode = 0.81	Mode = 0.90	Mode = 0.10
	Max = 0.93	Max = 0.86	Max = 0.95	Max = 0.15
Adherence to test if (false) negative	Triangular	Triangular	Triangular
	Min = 0.45	Min = 0.26	Min = 0.42
	Mode = 0.45	Mode = 0.26	Mode = 0.42
	Max = 0.70	Max = 0.51	Max = 0.67
Adherence to test if (true) negative	Triangular	Triangular	Triangular
	Min = 0.55	Min = 0.55	Min = 0.51
	Mode = 0.55	Mode = 0.55	Mode = 0.51
	Max = 0.80	Max = 0.80	Max = 0.76
Cost of drugs per OPD visit by prescription category
Antimalarials, no antibiotics	Gamma	Gamma	Gamma	Gamma
	α = 4.57	α = 2.26	α = 2.03	α = 1.80
	β = 0.45	β = 1.26	β = 1.29	β = 1.55
Antimalarials and antibiotics	Gamma	Gamma	Gamma	Gamma
	α = 2.70	α = 6.14	α = 2.23	α = 2.39
	β = 1.79	β = 1.01	β = 1.90	β = 1.51
Antibiotics, no antimalarials	Gamma	Gamma	Gamma	Gamma
	α = 2.31	α = 4.93	α = 3.10	α = 2.24
	β = 1.58	β = 0.80	β = 0.92	β = 1.06
Other than antimal. and antibiot.	Gamma	Gamma	Gamma	Gamma
	α = 1.17	α = 0.68	α = 1.05	α = 1.23
	β = 1.16	β = 2.35	β = 1.42	β = 1.65
Unit cost per OPD visit (excl drugs)	Gamma	Gamma	Gamma	Gamma
	α = 374	α = 374	α = 93	α = 93
	β = 0.02	β = 0.02	β = 0.11	β = 0.11
Unit cost per malaria microscope test		Gamma
		α = 140
		β = 0.01
Unit cost per RDT procedure	Gamma		Gamma
	α = 60		α = 78
	β = 0.01		β = 0.03
Unit cost per RDT procedure	Uniform		Uniform
	Min = 0.60		Min = 0.60
	Max = 1.72		Max = 1.72

RDT = rapid diagnostic test.