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. 2013 Dec 11;23(2):129–140. doi: 10.1002/hec.3016

Table 3.

Three counterfactuals exploring the cost of displacement

Counterfactual Displacement rate Replacement rate Disbursement of DAHG Cost in billions (90% confidence interval)
1 0 0 As observed $152.8 billion (CI: 46.9, 277.6)
2 As estimated Irrelevant Monotonically increasing $96.9 billion (CI: 0.5, 212.4)
3 Inline graphic Inline graphic As observed $78.6 billion (CI: −23.7, 192.1)

Three counterfactuals are considered and compared with the baseline. In the baseline, displacement and replacement rates are those found via estimation, and the disbursement of DAH is as observed. Cost is the difference between baseline GHE and the counterfactuals’ GHE. GHE estimates are aggregated across all 119 countries and years of data. Ninety percent confidence intervals are calculated using 1000 draws from the variance–covariance matrix generated using the baseline estimation.