Table 7.

Cost effectiveness analysis of selected interventions

Intervention	Total costs	Net Total costs *	DALY saved †	Percent of DALY saved	ICER per DALY saved ‡
	I$	I$	DALY (95%CI)	% (95%CI)	I$ (95%CI)
Reducing salt in bread	193,576.23	-946,580.87	672.80	0.11%	-1,406.93
	(-)	(-)	(-)	(-)	(-)
Treatment targeted to persons with an absolute risk above 20% in 10 years (polypill strategy	23,489,613.55	-2,979,727.10	12,108.15	1.98%	-246.45
	(22,002,839.35 - 24,877,996.13)	(-3,663,248.39- -2,301,924.52)	(11,396.45- 12,752.71)	(1.86% - 2.09%)	(-307.74 - -189.68)
Pharmacological therapy for high blood pressure	62,251,491.82	41,014,269.81	14,100.16	2.31%	2,908.86
	(61,201,512.65 - 63,303,292.70)	(40,070,763.64 - 42,021,481.43)	(13,919.53 - 14,275.31)	(2.28% - 2.33%)	(2,841.81 - 2,977.48)
Mass Media Campaign to promote tobacco cessation	3,164,785.75	2,053,674.53	644.73	0.11%	3,186.71
	(-)	(2,012,812.78 - 2,090,361.57)	(624.52 - 666.90)	(0.10% - 0.11%)	(3,024.42 - 3,337.92)
Pharmacological therapy of high cholesterol	92,751,189.47	81,762,199.07	5,666.16	0.93%	14,431.46
	(90,559,448.95 - 94,981,610.94)	(79,775,242.39 - 83,805,632.99)	(5,507.87 - 5,824.03)	(0.90% - 0.95%)	(14,077.55 - 14,809.92)
Therapy with Bupropion for	51,778,301.95	50,318,932.00	846.80	0.14%	59,433.02
tobacco cessation	(50,792,163.89 - 52,752,733.57)	(49,372,843.67 - 51,286,965.18)	(820.26 - 875.93)	(0.13% - 0.14%)	(57,819.14 - 60,906.25)

95%CI: 95% confidence interval, I$: international dollars - PPP conversion rate (2007) 1.55 Argentinean peso = 1 I$, DALY: disability adjusted life years, ICER: incremental cost-effectiveness ratio. The ICERs express the results of 1,000 iterations.

* Net Total costs are calculated as Total costs minus the corresponding averted event costs. All costs are measured in 2007 International dollars (I$).

‡ Derived from bootstrapping techniques.