TABLE 6.
Benefit-cost ratios* | ||
---|---|---|
Discount rate (%) | Ministry of health | Society |
Primary analysis | ||
5 | 6.34 | 3.25 |
Secondary analysis | ||
0 | 8.99 | 4.61 |
3 | 7.08 | 3.64 |
7 | 5.84 | 3.00 |
Benefit-cost ratios were calculated by dividing the cost saved from disease averted with a second dose program less the cost averted with the single dose program by the total cost of implementing a program for a second dose of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at 18 months minus the cost of the program for a single dose