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Table 5 Results of the cost-effectiveness analysis of the microscopy compared to RDT , Kingasani health zone, Kinshasa, 2013

From: Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum infection is associated with anaemia in pregnancy and can be more cost-effectively detected by rapid diagnostic test than by microscopy in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Diagnostic strategy

Cost (US$)

Additional cost (US$)

Effectiveness

Additional effectiveness

ICER (US$)

Microscopy

2.62

1.46

0.886

 

63.47

RDT

1.16

 

0.909

0.023

 
  1. ICER: Incremental Cost-effectiveness Ratio.
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