Table 7.
Total cost from both patient and provider perspectives for uncomplicated malaria episodes in Mazan district 2017 (US$)
| Perspective | P. vivax (n = 1,029) | P. falciparum (n = 315) | Total (N = 1344) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly minimum wage | GDP per capita | Monthly minimum wage | GDP per capita | Monthly minimum wage | GDP per capita | |||||||||
| Sub-total costs | Cost per uncomplicated episode | Sub-total costs | Cost per uncomplicated episode | Sub-total costs | Cost per uncomplicated episode | Sub-total costs | Cost per uncomplicated episode | Total cost | Cost per uncomplicated episode | % | Total cost | Cost per uncomplicated episode | % | |
| Provider | ||||||||||||||
| Direct cost | 29,450.57 | 28.62 | 49,861.25 | 48.46 | 12,014.98 | 38.14 | 19,126.51 | 60.72 | 41,465.55 | 30.85 | 19.1 | 68,987.8 | 51.3 | 15.8 |
| Patient | ||||||||||||||
| Direct cost | 4723.11 | 4.59 | 4723.11 | 4.59 | 1124.55 | 3.57 | 1124.55 | 3.57 | 5847.66 | 4.35 | 2.7 | 5847.7 | 4.4 | 1.3 |
| Indirect cost | 126,111.69 | 122.56 | 268,003.24 | 260.45 | 43,581.01 | 138.35 | 92,615.14 | 294.02 | 169,692.70 | 126.26 | 78.2 | 360,618.4 | 268.3 | 82.8 |
| Direct and indirect costs | 130,834.80 | 127.15 | 272,726.35 | 265.04 | 44,705.56 | 141.92 | 93,739.69 | 297.59 | 175,540.36 | 130.61 | 80.9 | 366,466.0 | 272.7 | 84.2 |
| Total cost | 160,285.36 | 155.77 | 322,587.60 | 313.50 | 56,720.54 | 180.07 | 112,866.20 | 358.31 | 217,005.91 | 161.46 | 100 | 435,453.8 | 324.0 | 100 |
Monthly minimum wage 2017: US$257.6; GDP (Gross domestic product) per capita 2017:US$ 6,571.9