Human resources and consumables costs per covered and treated child per week for each of the 3 regimens in US dollars
| Regimen | Week 1 | Weeks 2–16 | Costs of regimen per week per child | |||
| Research | Government programme | Research | Government programme | Research | Government programme | |
| Costs of covered children | ||||||
| RUTF-C | 0.493 | 0.064 | 0.047 | 0.022 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| RUTF-L | 0.495 | 0.065 | 0.050 | 0.023 | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| A-HPF | 0.496 | 0.065 | 0.049 | 0.024 | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Costs of treated children | ||||||
| RUTF-C | 66.1 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| RUTF-L | 66.9 | 9.3 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 |
| A-HPF | 67.2 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
A-HPF, augmented, energy-dense, home-prepared food; RUTF-C, centrally produced ready-to-use therapeutic food; RUTF-L, locally produced ready-to-use therapeutic food.