Table 2.

Population NHB for interventions in Table 1 using a $500 per DALY averted CET based on opportunity cost (US$)

Interventions	Population costs ($)	Population health opportunity costs (DALYs averted)	Population DALYs averted	Population NHB (DALYs averted)	Decision
Do-nothing comparator
Intervention [1]	120,000,000	240,000	400,000	160,000	Accept
Intervention [2]	56,000,000	112,000	56,000	−56,000	Reject
Intervention [3]	15,000,000	30,000	187,500	157,500	Accept
Intervention [4]	3,750,000	7500	37,500	30,000	Accept

CET cost-effectiveness ‘threshold’, DALYs disability-adjusted life years, NHB net health benefit