Table 9.
Total saving, total cost and net cost or saving each year in people aged 50 and over in a Polypill Prevention Programme according to the four countries in the UK in a “working case”
| Total saving from reducing incidence of MI and stroke (£bn) | Daily cost of polypill prevention programme per person (£) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.50 | 0.75 | 1.00 | 1.25 | 1.50 | |||||||
| Total cost of polypill prevention programme (£bn) | Net cost or saving (£bn) | Total cost of polypill prevention programme (£bn) | Net cost or saving (£bn) | Total cost of polypill prevention programme (£bn) | Net cost or saving (£bn) | Total cost of polypill prevention programme (£bn) | Net cost or saving (£bn) | Total cost of polypill prevention programme (£bn) | Net cost or saving (£bn) | ||
| (1) | (2) | (2–1) | (3) | (3–1) | (4) | (4–1) | (5) | (5–1) | (6) | (6–1) | |
| England | 2.22 | 1.99 | (0.23) | 2.98 | 0.77 | 3.97 | 1.76 | 4.96 | 2.75 | 5.95 | 3.74 |
| Scotland | 0.24 | 0.21 | (0.02) | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.43 | 0.19 | 0.53 | 0.29 | 0.64 | 0.40 |
| Wales | 0.13 | 0.11 | (0.01) | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.28 | 0.16 | 0.34 | 0.21 |
| Northern Ireland | 0.07 | 0.07 | (0.01) | 0.10 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.20 | 0.13 |
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