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Table 5 Model parameter values and ranges

From: Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition by lady health workers as compared to an outpatient therapeutic feeding programme in Sindh Province, Pakistan

Parameter

Base case

Worst case

Best case

Source

Recovery rate, intervention

76.00%

60.0%

95.0%

Base – cohort study Worst/Best – historical programme performance [9]

Recovery rate, control

82.95%

60.0%

95.0%

Cost per child, intervention

291

363

218

Base – average cost per child Worst/Best – +/− 25% of base case

Cost per child, control

301

376

226