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Table 1 Immunization programme and diarrhoeal disease cost inputs

From: Coverage and distributional benefit–cost of rotavirus vaccine in Uganda: an analysis of routine health facility aggregated data

Variable

Estimates (2018 USD)

Source

Cost of the immunization programme (per dose)

$4.00

 

 Vaccine price (per dose)

$2.20 (€1.88)1

[22]

 Administrative cost (per dose)

$1.79

[23]

Cost of acute diarrhoea (per ambulatory case)

$15.66

[4]

 Government costs2

$4.41

 

 Household costs

$11.25

 

Out-of-pocket payments3

$6.22

 

Indirect costs associated with treatment

$5.03

 

Cost of persistent diarrhoea (per hospitalized case)

$62.68

[4]

 Government costs2

$8.26

 

 Household costs

$54.42

 

Out-of-pocket payments3

$27.63

 

Indirect costs associated with treatment

$26.79

 

Indirect costs associated with mortality (per death)

(See methods below)

 

 Based on primary data estimates

 

[4]

Discounted (5%) over 48 years

  

Deaths in 2018

$13,005.43

 

Deaths in 2019

$11,737.40

 

Deaths in 2020

$10,593.01

 

Deaths in 2021

$9,560.19

 

Undiscounted

$63,147.19

 

 Based on GDP per capita estimates

 

World Bank

Discounted (5%) over 48 years

  

Deaths occurring in 2018

$7,840.43

 

Deaths occurring in 2019

$7,730.16

 

Deaths occurring in 2020

$7,555.10

 

Deaths occurring in 2021

$7,491.80

 

Undiscounted

$27,181.12

 
  1. 1Assuming an exchange rate of €1 = $1.15 (2018) https://www.exchangerates.org.uk/EUR-USD-spot-exchange-rates-history-2018.html Accessed on 23 September 2022
  2. 2Government costs are averaged per case of diarrhoea for cases treated in public and private healthcare facilities (overall)
  3. 3Households’ out-of-pocket payments include direct medical and non-medical costs