Table 1.

Interventions targeting different patient populations and associated DALYs averted and costs (US$)

Interventions	Per patient costs ($)	Per patient DALYs averted (DALYs)	Eligible patient population		Population costs‡ ($)	Population DALYs averted † (DALYs)
Do nothing comparator	0	0
Intervention 1	600	2	200,000		120,000,000	400,000
Intervention 2	400	0.4	140,000		56,000,000	56,000
Intervention 3	200	2.5		75,000	15,000,000	187,500
Intervention 4	150	1.5		25,000	3,750,000	37,500

DALYs disability-adjusted life years

*Eligible patient population

^†Population DALYs averted = per patient DALYs averted

^‡Population costs = per patient cost*eligible patient population