Table 4

Total costs for covered and treated children under three regimens including the cost of peer support and administration in US dollars

Regimen	Average number of weeks treatment given	Average costs of peer support per covered child in the population		Total HR and consumable costs per child for complete treatment, including peer support/follow-up		Administrative costs per child in the population		Total costs per child for complete treatment, including HR and consumables, peer support, and administrative costs		Total costs for all children for complete treatment, including peer support/follow-up and administrative costs
Regimen	Average number of weeks treatment given	Research	Government programme	Research	Government programme	Research	Government programme	Research	Government programme	Research	Government programme
Costs of covered child
RUTF-C	10.3	0.1	0.02	1.0	0.3	0.6	0.1	1.6	0.4	25 430	6185
RUTF-L	9.6	0.1	0.02	1.0	0.3	0.6	0.1	1.6	0.4	25 181	6074
A-HPF	11	0.1	0.02	1.1	0.3	0.6	0.1	1.6	0.4	26 309	6734
Costs of treated children
RUTF-C	10.3	22	2	154	41	73	12	227	53	28 127	6613
RUTF-L	9.6	21	2	157	42	73	12	229	54	28 439	6746
A-HPF	11	23	2	166	49	73	12	238	61	29 311	7533

A-HPF, augmented, energy-dense, home-prepared food; HR, human resource; RUTF-C, centrally produced ready-to-use therapeutic food; RUTF-L, locally produced ready-to-use therapeutic food.