Table 6.

Sensitivity analyses for catastrophic health expenditure thresholds for the extended cost-effectiveness analysis of 10% tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in South Africa

	Total	Quintile 1	Quintile 2	Quintile 3	Quintile 4	Quintile 5
Panel A. Catastrophic health expenditure threshold set to 5%
T2DM deaths averted*	7898	1260	1561	1820	1860	1397
Government healthcare savings (ZAR million)*	1690	383	488	410	314	94
Changes in annual tax revenues (ZAR million)	5490	915	1021	1118	1191	1245
Financial risk protection (cases of poverty averted using FPL)*	12 179	1155	5595	5066	363	0
Financial risk protection (cases of catastrophic expenditures averted)*	38 068	6455	7020	8760	8809	7024
Annual indirect cost savings (ZAR million)	11.1	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.0	7.4
Panel B. Catastrophic health expenditure threshold set to 40%
T2DM deaths averted*	7898	1260	1561	1820	1860	1397
Government healthcare savings (ZAR million)*	1690	383	488	410	314	94
Changes in annual tax revenues (ZAR million)	5490	915	1021	1118	1191	1245
Financial risk protection (cases of poverty averted using FPL)*	12 179	1155	5595	5066	363	0
Financial risk protection (cases of catastrophic expenditures averted)*	10 107	6360	242	3505	0	0
Annual indirect cost savings (ZAR million)	11.1	0.2	0.6	0.9	2.0	7.4

*Estimated over 20 years.

FPL, food poverty line (ZAR321 or US$21 per capita per month); T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; ZAR, South African rand.