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Cost RDTs

cost_rdt.Rd

RDTs are used for diagnosis of malaria. When costing it is also common to add additional costs for RDTs used to diagnose non-malaria fevers.

Usage

cost_rdt(
  n_tests,
  rdt_unit_cost = 0.46,
  delivery_mark_up = 0.15,
  input_year = 2022,
  ...
)

Arguments

n_tests

Number of tests. Numeric scalar or vector.

rdt_unit_cost

Unit cost for rapid diagnostic test. Numeric scalar or vector.

delivery_mark_up

A mark up for in-country delivery to a public health facility. Numeric scalar or vector. Expressed as a proportion of the test unit cost.

input_year

Year the unit costs are reported in

...

Additional arguments passed to `inflation_adjust()`

Value

RDT costs

References

rdt_unit_cost

Current default is the average cost for an RDT from Normal orders, Reference price per test EXW.

The Global Fund Pooled Procurement Mechanism Reference Pricing: RDTs, version: quarter 1, 2022

https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/sourcing-management/health-products/hiv-malaria-rapid-diagnostic-tests/.

delivery_mark_up

Assummed 15

Patouillard et al (2017)

https://gh.bmj.com/content/2/2/e000176