Table 1.

Characteristics of published cost-per-DALY studies for LMICs, 2000–2015

By threshold	2000–2015 analyses (N = 381) (%)
1–3 times country’s GDP only	250 (66%)
WB/WHO 1990s only	15 (4%)
Country-specific only	0 (0%)
None	89 (23%)
Other*	27 (7%)
By region
Latin America and Caribbean	44 (12%)
Sub-Saharan Africa	156 (41%)
Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Oceania	58 (15%)
South Asia	42 (11%)
North Africa and Middle East	10 (3%)
Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia	9 (2%)
Other†	62 (16%)
By author country affiliation‡	Missing = 6
High income	294 (78%)
1–3 times country’s GDP only	187 (64%)
WB/WHO 1990s only	14 (5%)
Country-specific only	0 (0%)
None	70 (24%)
Other*	23 (8%)
LMICs	81 (22%)
1–3 times country’s GDP only	58 (72%)
WB/WHO 1990s only	1 (1%)
Country-specific only	0 (0%)
None	19 (23%)
Other*	3 (4%)

DALY, disability-adjusted life-year; GDP, gross domestic product; LMIC, low- and middle-income country; WB, World Bank; WHO, World Health Organization.

^⁎Includes studies citing multiple threshold categories and other values not included in the other categories.

^†Includes studies that did not specify any threshold value.

^‡We used primary author’s affiliated university or membership during time of publication as a proxy for author country affiliation.