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Table 1 Government costs for an episode of measles in 2018 US dollars ($)

From: The economic burden of measles in children under five in Bangladesh

Level, name & type of care

n

Service costs

Capital

Overhead

Labor

Supplies

Medicationsa

Total

Primary level

 Bashbaria Community Clinic

  Outpatient care

1

$0.46

$0.00

$0.54

$0.00

$0.00

$1.00

 Baraigram Upazila Health Complex

  Outpatient care

2

$0.08

$0.13

$0.99

$0.02

$0.49

$1.71

 Zoary Union Sub Center

  Outpatient care

1

$0.23

$0.00

$1.20

$0.00

$0.00

$1.43

Secondary level

 Moulvibazar District Hospital, Moulvibazar

  Inpatient care

5

$0.32

$0.98

$5.76

$0.21

$10.30

$17.56

Tertiary level

 Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital

  Inpatient care

64

$1.32

$0.81

$10.29

$0.92

$9.53

$22.88

  1. Notes: n, number of caregivers interviewed at the facility. aMedications provided included: paracetamol, antihistamine, vitamin A, calamine lotion, oral analgesic gel, and chloramphenicol eye drop