Table 1.
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio and article characteristics among LMICs (2008–2017)
| Characteristic | ICERs n (%) |
Articles n (%) |
| Cost saving* | 207 (6) | 33 (9) |
| <$100/DALY | 844 (25) | 117 (30) |
| $100–$1000/DALY | 1206 (36) | 144 (37) |
| $1001–$10 000/DALY | 739 (22) | 66 (17) |
| >$10 000/DALY | 218 (7) | 21 (5) |
| Dominated | 86 (3) | 5 (1) |
| Total | 3315 (missing=15) |
392 (missing=6) |
*Interventions that are cost saving and health improving.
DALY, disability-adjusted life year; ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; LMIC, low and middle-income country.