Table 1.

Costs, effects and cost-effectiveness of different interventions

	Program 1	Program 2	Program 3
Costs
Number of people
People screened at camps	1,926	1,648
Identified at camps	588	534
Fitted with hearing aids, identified through camp (a)	101	163
Fitted with hearing aids, presented at clinic (b)	111	32	100
Total number of patients fitted with hearing aids © = (a)+(b)	212	195	100
Total costs
Fixed project costs (d)	352,631	389,601
Organisation of camps (e)	97,224	64,340
Fitting and follow up, identified through camp (f)	440,975	681,595
Fitting and follow up, presented at clinic (g)	613,961	247,584	569,332
Total (h) = (d)+(e)+(f)+(g)	1,504,790	1,383,120	569,332
Total (US$) (i)	32,154	29,554	12,165
Average cost per patient
Fixed project costs (j) = (d)/(c)	1,663	1,998	-
Organisation of camp (k) = (e)/©	459	330	-
Fitting and follow up (l) = ((f)+(g))/(c)	4,976	4,765	5,693
Total (Rs) (m) = (j)+(k)+(l)	7,098	7,093	5,693
Total (US$) (n)	152	152	122
Health effects
DALYs per patient fitted (p)	0.168	0.168	0.168
Total DALYs averted (q) = (c)*(p)	36	33	17
Cost-effectiveness
Cost (Rs) per DALY averted (r) = (m)/(q)	42,250	42,220	33,889
Cost (US$) per DALY averted (s) = (n)/(q)	903	902	724