Table 9

Cost of illness determination in slum and residence area (user and non-user)

Cost of illness determination (US$)Slum (user and non-user)Residence (user and non-user)
Predicted probability of a user being sick (Pu)0.230.28
Predicted probability of a non-user being sick (Pc)0.290.20
Predicted probability of taking averting actions (Pa)0.430.57
Average costs of treatment for users (COIu)93.5390.26
Average costs of treatment for non-users (COIc)27.9898.21
Average costs of averting actions for users (AC)1.886.08
Average costs for repellent users: Cu = Pu*COIu + Pa*AC22.3228.74
Average costs for repellent non-users: Cc = Pc*COIc8.1119.64
Actual health cost, HC = CuCc (in BDT)1,136.55727.53

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