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. 2022 May 15;21:150. doi: 10.1186/s12936-022-04158-x

Table 7.

Minimum, maximum average unit, and total costs per malaria type treated in the community, at health centres, and district hospitals

# patients (95% CIa)
[N = 298,381]
Min avgb cost Max avgb cost Total cost/severity/facility type (USDc)
Min Max
Simple Malaria
 HBMd 200,902 (200,023–201,781) 1.36 272,031.95 274,421.49
 Health centre 94,267 (94,268–95,476) 2.99 3.00 281,862.19 286,427.13
 District hospital 377 (339–415) 12.10 12.12 4,101.17 5,030.53
Simple Malaria with Minor Digestive Symptoms
 Health centre 1,273 (1,204–1,344) 12.43 12.45 14,966.22 16,732.30
 District hospital 477 (434–520) 27.37 27.38 11,883.78 14,232.40
Severe Malaria
 District hospital 480 (437–523) 86.98 92.80 38,015.48 48,528.83
Total costs in 2018: 622,860.78 645,372.68

aCI: Confidence Interval; bAvg: average; cUSD: United States Dollar; d HBM: Home-based Management