Table 1 Parameter definitions for expected cost equations

Cost_Trt

Cost of treating one person (e.g., cost of one antimalarial drug)

Cost_RDT

Cost of one rapid diagnostic test (RDT)

Cost_FP

Cost associated with one false positive outcome

Cost_FN

Cost associated with one false negative outcome

p(M =1),p(M =0)

Likelihood of microscopy outcome (1 = infected, 0 = uninfected)

p(RDT=0),p(RDT=1)

Likelihood of RDT outcome (1 = positive, 0 = negative)

p(RDT=1 | M =0)

Likelihood of false positive

p(RDT=0 | M =1)

Likelihood of false negative