Author(s) (year) | Country | Cost estimate (I$) | % Annual per-capita income (entire population) | % Annual per-capita income (income-poorest 20% of the population) | Notes |
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Traditional healer costs | |||||
Brouwer, et al. [44] | Malawi | 4 | 2 | 9a | Weighted mean of traditional healer costs (range I$0- I$28)b |
Chard, S. [47] | Uganda | 563 | 188 | 618c | One study participant reported this cost for a traditional healer |
Chard, S. [46] | Uganda | 15 | 5 | 16c | Mid-point estimate (range I$2-I$10). A few patients in the sample reported to pay roughly I$495 |
Needham, et al. [58] | Zambia | 17 | 4 | 25 | Average cost to see a traditional healer (median I$7) |
Wyss, et al. [68] | Tanzania | 13 | 4 | 10d | Unit cost to see a traditional healer |
Food costs | |||||
Aspler, et al. [[41] | Zambia | 4 | 0.78 | 4 | Median food costs (IQR I$1- I$7) |
Datiko and Lindtjørn [48] | Ethiopia | 14 | 7 | 15e | Mean food costs for a community-based DOTS treatment program (sd I$12) |
Datiko and Lindtjørn [48] | Ethiopia | 36 | 17 | 37e | Mean food costs for a health-facility-based DOTS treatment program (sd I$21) |
Kemp, et al. [54] | Malawi | 7 | 4 | 15f | Mean food costs for smear-negative patients (median I$2) |
Kemp, et al. [54] | Malawi | 10 | 5 | 21f | Mean food costs for smear-positive patients (median I$0) |
Needham, et al. [58] | Zambia | 3 | 1 | 5 | Mean food cost (median I$2) |
Needham, et al. [58] | Zambia | 36 | 9 | 53 | Mean cost for “special” foodsg (median I$19) |