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Table 3 Unit costs by country, 2010 (IU)1

From: Cost-effectiveness of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment (NASG): evidence from a cluster randomized controlled trial in Zambia and Zimbabwe

Costs

Zambia

Zimbabwe

1. NASG per use 2

$1.54

$1.54

2. Training per use 3

$1.62

$1.62

3. 10iu Oxytocin

$0.20

$3.00

4. 0.2 mg Ergometrine

$0.20

$3.75

5. Misoprostol

$0.19

$0.81

6. 1 unit of blood (450 ml)

$42

$112.504

7. Emergency hysterectomy

$36.56

$28.44

  1. 1International dollars.
  2. 2Cost is amortized over 72 uses and includes cleaning.
  3. 3Averaged across countries and includes provider opportunity cost.
  4. 4Mean of first 2 units shown; actual costs in analysis are $135 for first unit and $90 per each additional unit.
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