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. 2016 Oct 6;16:539. doi: 10.1186/s12879-016-1881-8

Table 7.

Intervention cost

Bangladesh India Nepal Total
Meeting and training cost 147.0 2632.23 220.09 2999
Personnel cost (fixed staff during intervention month) 1471 695 331 2497.75
Cost of accessories related to intervention, [a]
 −DWL-RWSC 57.36 551.98 49.92 659.26
 −DWL-FWSC 67.74 611.18 49.92 728.84
IDWL roll used, [b]
 −DWL-RWSC 5 3 1.5 9.5
 −DWL-FWSC 6 5 2 13
Cost of IDWL, [c = b*50]
 −DWL-RWSC 250 150 75 475
 −DWL-FWSC 300 250 100 650
Operational (staff travel and daily allowance) cost for intervention, [d]
 −DWL-RWSC 241.78 498.53 787.67 1527.98
 −DWL-FWSC 302.23 532.97 787.67 1622.87
# of household under intervention [e]
 −DWL-RWSC 50 50 50 150
 −DWL-FWSC 49 50 48 147
Operational cost per household (only staff and transportation cost); (d/e)
 −DWL-RWSC 4.84 9.97 15.75 10.19
 −DWL-FWSC 6.17 10.66 16.41 11.04
Operation cost per HH including accessories cost; (a + d)/e
 −DWL-RWSC 5.98 21.01 16.75 14.58
 −DWL-FWSC 7.55 22.88 17.45 16.00
Operational cost per HH including accessories and intervention material cost i.e., IDWL roll cost; (a + c + d)/e
 −DWL-RWSC 10.98 24.01 18.25 17.75
 −DWL-FWSC 13.67 27.88 19.53 20.42
 −Difference in intervention cost/HH (HL-FL) [f] −2.69 −3.87 −1.28 −2.67
Efficacy (reduction on mean sand fly count/HH)
 −DWL-RWSC 2.80 4.67 8.40 5.38
 −DWL-FWSC 1.10 −0.17 11.90 4.96
 −Difference in efficacy (DWL-RWSC) [g] 1.70 4.84 −3.50 0.42
Incremental cost-efficacy ratio [f/g] −1.58, DWL-RWSC dominates −0.80, DWL-RWSC dominates 0.37, Quadrant III −6.36, DWL-RWSC dominates
Proportion of results in sensitivity analysis where DWL-RWSC dominates 86.5 % 74.4 % 0 % 57.1 %
Proportion of results in sensitivity analysis where IDWL-FWSC is dominated 0 % 0 % 37.1 % 5.6 %

Abbreviations: DWL-RWSC wall surface coverage with DWL up to 1.5 m in height from floor, DWL-FWSC wall surface coverage with DWL up to 1.8 m in height from floor