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. 2011 Jun 16;11:174. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-174

Table 3.

Selected results of sensitivity analysis

Parameters/Assumptions varied Outcome measures Rotavirus HPV
Part (a): One-way sensitivity analysis (Results for a single country, using India as a representative example)

Vaccination cost per individual ICER (I$/DALY averted)
 I$5 16 saving
 I$25 (base-case) 212 293
 I$50 457 710
Incidence of rotavirus deaths ICER (I$/DALY averted)
 80% of base-case 273 NA
 100% (base-case) 212 NA
 120% of base-case 171 NA
Incidence of cervical cancer ICER (I$/DALY averted)
 80% of base-case NA 429
 100% (base-case) NA 293
 120% of base-case NA 203
Ratio of hospitalization to deaths associated with rotavirus ICER (I$/DALY averted)
 80% of base-case 215 NA
 100% (base-case) 212 NA
 120% of base-case 209 NA
Proportion of deaths among incident cervical cancer cases ICER (I$/DALY averted)
 50% NA 460
 80% (base-case) NA 293
 90% NA 261
Vaccine efficacy ICER (I$/DALY averted)
 80% of base-case 273 397
 base-case 212 293
 120% of base-case 171 NA
Discount rate ICER (I$/DALY averted)
 0% 92 saving
 3% (base-case) 212 293
 6% 377 1,609
Treatment costs ICER (I$/DALY averted)
 75% of base-case 220 324
 100% (base-case) 212 293
 125% of base-case 204 262

Part (b): One-way/Two-way sensitivity analysis (Aggregated results across the GAVI-eligible countries)

Discount rate Years of life saved
 r = 0% 15,740,674 6,030,585
 r = 3% (base-case) 7,121,323 1,266,029
 r = 6% 4,025,413 323,398
Discount rate Total incremental costs, I$
 r = 0% 1,137,130,971 66,938,177
 r = 3% (base-case) 1,106,950,990 422,123,822
 r = 6% 1,078,274,716 494,334,220
[Discount rate, type of age weight] DALYs averted
 [r = 0%, K = 0] 15,767,404 6,191,573
 [r = 3%, K = 0] (base-case) 7,146,859 1,304,426
 [r = 0%, K = 1] 18,920,531 4,847,082
 [r = 3%, K = 1] 8,121,119 1,148,295
[Discount rate, type of age weight] No. of countries that belong to each of the cost-effectiveness categories below (at the cost of I$25 per vaccinated individual): [cost-saving, very cost-effective, cost-effective, non-cost-effective]
 [r = 0%, K = 0] [0,71,1,0] [23,49,0,0]
 [r = 3%, K = 0] (base-case) [0,68,4,0] [0,66,6,0]
 [r = 0%, K = 1] [0,71,1,0] [23,49,0,0]
 [r = 3%, K = 1] [0,68,4,0] [0,66,5,1]

Part (c): Scenario analysis (or multi-way sensitivity analysis) (Aggregated results across the GAVI-eligible countries)

Scenarios (defined by different combinations of different values of the following parameters, with other parameter values set at the base-case values):
- Vaccination costs, I$10, I$25, I$50
- Vaccine efficacy, 80%-/+20%
- Disease-specific mortality rates
No. of countries that belong to each of the cost-effectiveness categories below
[cost-saving, very cost-effective, cost-effective, non-cost-effective]
Scenario 1 (worst case)
- Vaccination costs: I$50
- Vaccine efficacy: 80% of base-case
- Mortality rates: 80% of base-case
[0,62,6,4] [0,40,25,7]
Scenario 2
- Vaccination costs: I$25
- Vaccine efficacy: 80% of base-case
- Mortality rates: 80% of base-case
[0,67,4,1] [0,60,10,2]
Scenario 3 (base-case)
- Vaccination costs: I$25
- Vaccine efficacy: base-case
- Mortality rates: base-case
[0,68,4,0] [0,66,6,0]
Scenario 4
- Vaccination costs: I$25
- Vaccine efficacy: 120% of base-case
- Mortality rates: 120% of base-case
[0,69,3,0] [1,69,2,0]
Scenario 5 (best case)
- Vaccination costs: I$10
- Vaccine efficacy: 120% of base-case
- Mortality rates: 120% of base-case
[5,67,0,0] [22,50,0,0]

r = discount rate, K = 0: uniform age weight, K = 1: non-uniform age weight. DALY = disability-adjusted life year.