Table 2 Cost and affordability of medicines required to treat a 30 kg child with high risk acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and retinoblastoma
Disease | Duration of chemotherapy (weeks) | Total medicine cost using minimum GB prices (GhÈ») | Total medicine cost using minimum GB prices (US$) | Days wages needed to pay for total medicines for treatment | Total medicine cost using maximum GB prices (GhÈ») | Total medicine cost using maximum GB prices (US$) | Days wages needed to pay for total medicines for treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High-risk ALL | 46 | 4928.04 | 907.56 | 417 | 10,929.30 | 2012.76 | 925 |
Retinoblastoma | 15 | 4878.00 | 902.62 | 413 | 6474.00 | 1197.94 | 548 |