Table 2.

Parameter Input Values

	Base Case	Low Case	High Case	Sources
Costs of misoprostol intervention (US$ 2013)
Matrone training cost	$1.68	$1.35	$2.10	Base: Main study; Low: −25% of base case; High: +25% of base case
Commodity cost	$0.42	$0.34	$0.53	Same
Cost of commodity wastage	$0.02	$0.02	$0.03	Same
Cost of cold chain	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	Base: Side study**; Low: −25% of base case; High: +25% of base case
Distribution/use cost	$0.09	$0.07	$0.11	Same
Costs of oxytocin intervention (US$ 2013)
Matrone training cost	$1.86	$1.49	$2.33	Same
Commodity cost	$1.44	$1.15	$1.80	Same
Cost of commodity wastage	$0.17	$0.14	$0.22	Same
Cost of cold chain	$0.84	$0.67	$1.05	Same
Distribution/use cost	$0.06	$0.05	$0.08	Same
Cost of SOC (US$ 2013)
Minimal inputs	$1.00	$0.80	$1.25	We assume a cost of $1 for SOC (matrones time, incidental medicines such as analgesics)
Outcomes under misoprostol*
Proportion of delivering women referred due to PPH	0.000	0.000	0.012	Base: Main study; Low and High: 95% confidence interval
Outcomes under oxytocin*
Proportion of delivering women referred due to PPH	0.002	0.000	0.020	Base: Main study; Low and High: 95% confidence interval
Other rates
Proportion of delivering women with severe PPH	0.032	0.025	0.040	Base: Several studies***; Low: −25% of base case; High: +25% of base case
Proportion of delivering women receiving misoprostol	0.984	0.982	0.987	Base: Main study; Low and High: 95% confidence interval
Proportion of delivering women receiving oxytocin	0.958	0.954	0.961	Base: Main study; Low and High: 95% confidence interval

^*The differences between the outcomes of the misoprostol and oxytocin interventions were not statistically significant.

^**Study of cold chain of ministry of health conducted by an independent consultant using unpublished government reports and data.

^***Carroli et al. 2008: Bateman et al. 2010; Derman et al. 2006; Govt. of India 2013; Mehrabadi et al. 2012; Mobeen et al. 2011; Oyelese and Anath 2010; and Prata et al. 2007.