Table 2 |
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Estimated number of cases successfully treated and average cost-effectiveness |
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| Effects/cost |
AL |
SP |
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| 1. Patients starting treatment (2005) |
55509 |
55509 |
| 2. Efficacy |
98.2% |
68.4% |
| 3. Patient Compliance |
75.1% |
85.0% |
| 4. Treatment successful despite less than full compliance |
50% |
0 |
| 5. Number of cases successfully treated* |
47560 |
32273 |
| 6. Total expenditure on treating malaria |
406370.69 |
343743.64 |
| 7. Average Cost-effectiveness Ratio (average cost per case cured) |
$8.57 |
$10.65 |
| 8. Incremental cost per case successfully treated |
4.10 |
- |
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Items in Rows 5, 6, 7 and 8 estimated from formula in section 3. Input data on efficacy and compliance obtained from surveys [12-16]. |
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Chanda et al. Malaria Journal 2007 6:21 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-6-21 |
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