Table 4.2.
Potential gains from critically assessing interventions
Study
Currencya
Cost of obtaining one year of healthy life *
Current mix
Malaria drug treatment in Zambia (62)
(cost per case cured)
10.65
Optimal mix
8.57
Improvement (%)
20
US$
Disease and injury prevention in Thailand (63)
Cardiovascular disease prevention
300 000
2 185
99
Road traffic injury prevention (alcohol)
BHT
6 190
3 375
45
Road traffic injury prevention (helmets)
1 000
788
21
2 621
893
66
292
247
15
37 835
26 337
30
210 544
67 113
68
104 586
62 095
41
Epilepsy
13 339
10 507
21
Alcohol abuse
20 134
10 677
47
Alcohol and tobacco control in Estonia (64)
Alcohol
EEK
Tobacco
Neuropsychiatric interventions in Nigeria (65)
Schizophrenia
NGN
Depression
Mental health-care package in Australia (66)
30 072
17 536
42
196 070
107 482
45
Affective disorder (any)
20 463
10 737
48
Anxiety disorder (any)
15 184
9 130
40
Alcohol disorder
97 932
53 412
45
4 453
3 313
26
3 071
1 984
35
421
355
16
Schizophrenia
AU$
Cervical cancer care and prevention (67)b
High-income subregion (EurA)
Middle-income subregion (WprB)
Low-income subregion (SearD)
I$
US$, United States dollar; BHT, Thai bhat; EEK, Estonia kroon; NGN, Nigerian naira; AUD, Australian dollar; I$, international dollar.
WHO subregions (mortality strata): EurA is the countries of the European Region with very low adult and child mortality; WprB is the countries of
the Western Pacific with low adult and child mortality; SearD is the countries in South-East Asia with high adult and child mortality. WHO regions
are subdivided based on child and adult mortality strata: A, very low child and very low adult mortality; B, low child and low adult mortality; C,
low child and high adult mortality; D, high child and high adult mortality; E, high child and very high adult mortality (http://www.who.int/choice/
demography/regions). The classification has no official status and is for analytical purposes only.
a
b