A cost-effectiveness analysis of three components of a syndromic surveillance system for the early warning of epidemics in rural China

Table 6 Costs per reported event and costs per surveillance unit

	Costs per reported event (RMB)		Costs per surveillance unit (RMB)
	Hubei	Jiangxi	Hubei	Jiangxi
Health facilities	1.4	2.0	1,688	4,007
Primary schools	4.3	10.7	1,499	2,866
Pharmacies	0.0	0.1	1,970	5,780

Footnotes: in 2012, the exchange of Chinese currency was 6.31 RMB for 1 US$ according to the World Bank [25]

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