Provider and household costs of Plasmodium vivax malaria episodes: a multicountry comparative analysis of primary trial data

Methods cost of transportation to the health-care patients with P. vivax malaria, but not Household costs facility (doubled to account for return the costs of care related to the trial. [...] We combined health-care facility (medications, tests we collected all costs of routine care the country-specific costs of diagnosis and fees); and (iv) transport cost: the and of potential additions to care for and treatment for P. vivax malaria with Bull World Health Organ 2019;97:828–836| doi: 829 Research Economic costs of P. vivax malaria episodes Angela [...] The first two were the number Of 3159 patients enrolled in the stud- of days lost by patients and caregivers ies, 2951 (93%) completed cost surveys We report all costs in United States at one of the trial sites in Brazil.8 Since at both the initial and follow-up visit: dollars (US$) for the year 2016. [...] The percentage of en- costs to international dollars.18 For costs were zero since treatment fees rolled females in the tafenoquine trials the tafenoquine studies, we used the were paid by the study. [...] Potential Overall, 1671 (57%) of the 2951 patients The mean total costs to households cost savings per test using a G6PD rapid were seeking treatment for the first due to illness (indirect costs from lost diagnostic test instead of the fluorescent time.