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. 2017 Jul 14;15:14. doi: 10.1186/s12962-017-0076-5

Table 4.

Costs incremental health outcomes and cost-utility of pre-referral antimalarial treatments by healthcare provider

Scenario Intervention Costs for a cohort of 1000 children ($) DALYs DALYs averted Incremental cost ($) ICER ($ per DALY averted)
Base model No treatment 0.89 20,122 – – –
CHW 85,491 4587 15,535 85,490 5.50
PHF 88,961 7512 12,610 88,960 7.05
THF 123,711 2186 17,936 123,710 6.90
Probabilistic sensitivity analysis No treatment 0.88 [0.88–0.88] 19,529 [15,315, 24,737] – – –
CHW 68,428 [43,362, 100,703] 5413 [3091, 8430] 13,276 [9534, 17,684] 68,427 [43,361, 100,702] 5.11 [3.01, 8.21]
PHF 73,825 [47,531, 103,875] 8328 [5030, 12,531] 9993 [6180, 14,429] 73,825 [47,530, 103,874] 7.30 [5.30, 11.20]
THF 114,903 [91,842, 145,168] 3111 [1801, 5005] 15,801 [11,990, 20,375] 114,902 [91,841, 145,167] 7.14 [5.10, 10.92]

CHW community healthworker, PHF primary health facility, THF tertiary health facility, ICER incremental cost-utility ratio, cost cost for treating one child