Cost-Effectiveness and Validity Assessment of Cyscope Microscope, Quantitative Buffy Coat Microscope, and Rapid Diagnostic Kit for Malaria Diagnosis among Clinic Attendees in Ibadan, Nigeria

Table 4

Cost-effectiveness ratio of CareStart, light microscope, Cyscope, and QBC, April 2014.

Input	CareStart	Light microscopy	Cyscope	QBC
Equipment cost ()	NA	1,197	1,155	14,970
Equipment cost per unit time of use (/hr)	NA	0.2	0.2	2.5
Reagent/consumables (/test/hr)	4.32	0.12	7.2	11.4
Personnel (/hr)	12.5	21.14	17.10	21.14
Electricity (/hr)	NA	0.08	0.03	0.23
Total cost per test ()	5.61	10.77	2.04	5.89

NA: not applicable.