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Table 2 Comparison of the Health and Economic Impact of Scenarios including SF Antimalarials

From: Impact of substandard and falsified antimalarials in Zambia: application of the SAFARI model

 

Total Burden of Malaria with an SF Prevalence at 10.3%

Savings by eliminating 10.3% prevalence of SF Antimalarials

Total burden of SF Antimalarials with SF Prevalence of 19.1%

Antimalarial Resistance Scenario

Burden

95% CI

Impact

%

Impact

%a

Impact

% Diff.

Average cases

1,216,454

(1,216,231 - 1,216,676)

      

Average deaths

2610

(2598 - 2622)

213

8.2%

365

13.2%

166

6.3%

Average hospitalizations

11,071

(11,039 - 11,103)

937

8.5%

1643

14.0%

1048

9.5%

Average cases of NS

295

(291 - 299)

9

3.1%

11

3.8%

19

6.5%

Total economic impact

$141,470,907

(141,037,214 - 141,904,600)

$8,541,887

6.0%

$14,465,329

9.8%

$9,662,235

6.8%

Facility costs

$15,174,357

(15,134,100 - 15,214,614)

$$411,098

2.7%

$637,725

4.1%

$1,266,646

8.3%

Out-of-pocket costs

$11,699,978

(11,536,334 - 11,863,623)

$423,151

3.6%

$478,061

4.1%

$677,144

5.8%

Total productivity losses

$114,596,572

(114,200,504 - 114,992,639)

$7,707,639

6.7%

$13,349,543

11.1%

$7,718,445

6.7%

Short-term productivity losses

$25,162,247

(25,090,781 - 25,233,713)

$531,091

2.1%

$1,021,167

4.0%

$2,053,261

8.2%

Total lifetime productivity losses

$89,434,325

(89,044,819 - 89,823,831)

$7,176,548

8.0%

$12,328,376

13.0%

$5,665,184

6.3%

  1. CI confidence interval, NS neurologic sequelae, SF substandard and falsified
  2. aPercentage of the total burden of malaria when SF prevalence is 19.1%