Table 2

Collated costing and estimated comparative cost breakdown for economic studies

		Gosselin et al. 200925		Kamau et al. 201427				Opondo et al. 201326
		Cambodia		Kenya				Kenya
		Costs is US$		Costs is Kshs		Costs in US$ (exchange rate 1 US$=85 Kshs)		Costs is Kshs		Cost in US$ (exchange rate 1 US$=81.484 Kshs)
		Traction	Nailing	Traction	Nailing	Traction	Nailing	Traction	Nailing	Traction	Nailing
No. patients		50	37	25	25	25	25	79	69	79	69
Traction	Pins	156	24
	Temporary traction	0	60
	Perkin’s frame	250	40
	Crutches	750	555
	Cast-brace	2640	0
	Total	3796	679	49149	0	579	0
	Per patient	76	18	1966	0	23	0
	Percentage	8.1%	2.2%			2.9%	0.0%
Rehab and monitoring monitoring	X-rays	442	189
	Physiotherapy	2150	1113
	Total	2592	1302	396583	107401	4668	1264
	Per patient	52	35	15863	4296	187	51
	Percentage	5.5%	4.3%			23.4%	7.9%
Accommodation	Pre-op		11872
	Post-op		8143
	Total	40532	20015	1249068	228398	14703	2688
	Per patient	811	541	49963	9136	588	108
	Percentage	86.1%	66.0%			73.7%	16.8%
Theatre	Implant	0	5550
	Theatre time	0	2082
	Blood	0	460
	Total	0	8092	0	1023712	0	12048
	Per patient	0	219	0	40948	0	482
	Percentage	0%	26.7%			0%	75.3%
Miscellaneousous	Other adjuncts	140	259
Total		47060	30347	1694800	1359511	19950	16000	1073926	673509	13180	8266
		47060	30347	67792	54380	798	640
	Per patient	941	820	67792	54380	798	640	13594	9761	167	120
	Per fracture	905	820