Provider and household costs of malaria episodes: a multicountry comparative analysis of primary trial data.

Objective: To determine household and health-care provider costs associated with infection across a range of endemic settings.

Methods: We collected cost data alongside three multicentre clinical trials of treatment in Afghanistan, Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Philippines, Peru, Thailand and Viet Nam conducted between April 2014 to December 2017. We derived household costs from trial participant surveys administered at enrolment and again 2 weeks later to determine the costs of treatment and transportation, and the number of days that patients and their household caregivers were unable to undertake their usual activities.