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Table 2 Fever costs by key components with alternative caretaker time assumptions

From: The cost of uncomplicated childhood fevers to Kenyan households: implications for reaching international access targets

  

Base Case From Table 1.

Lower Range

Higher Range

  

0.25 days caretaker time per fever day

0.125 days caretaker time per fever day

0.5 days caretaker time per fever day

Current Practice:

Units

   

   direct cash expenditures

$

0.44

0.44

0.44

   days of caretaker time

Days

1.47

0.86

2.68

   value of caretaker time

$

1.47

0.86

2.68

   total (cash and time)

$

1.91

1.30

3.12

Scenario 1: 33% of fevers treated within 48 hours at a HCF with ACT

    

   direct cash expenditures

$

0.44

0.44

0.44

   days of caretaker time

Days

1.42

0.84

2.58

   value of caretaker time

$

1.42

0.84

2.58

   total (cash and time)

$

1.86

1.28

3.02

Scenario 2: 50% of fevers treated within 48 hours at a HCF with ACT

    

   direct cash expenditures

$

0.50

0.50

0.50

   days of caretaker time

Days

1.42

0.84

2.58

   value of caretaker time

$

1.42

0.84

2.58

   total (cash and time)

$

1.92

1.34

3.08