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. 2016 Mar 5;31:415–426. doi: 10.1007/s10654-016-0122-1

Table 1.

Input estimates used in the analysis

Item Value
Program invitation per person invited (one-off invitation letter and infrastructure cost) £5
Cost of providing polypill (per person per day)c £0.50, 0.75, 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50
Average healthcare cost of an MI (per clinical event)c £29,900 [11, 15]
Average healthcare cost of a stroke (per clinical event)c £50,500 [12]
Polypill uptake 50 %
Polypill adherence 83 % [14]
Polypill LDL cholesterol reductiona 1.54 mmol/L [5]
Polypill diastolic BP reductiona 10.7 mmHg [6]
Age-specific relative risk for MI on polypill at age 60b 0.23 [5, 16]
Age-specific relative risk for stroke on polypill at age 60b 0.28 [5, 6, 16]

aSimvastatin 20 mg, amlodipine 2.5 mg, hydrochlorothiazide 12.5 mg, losartan 25 mg

bAge-specific relative risks from age 50 were applied in the model

cAt 2014 prices