Table 2.

Budget impact per participant and per capita from the health ministry perspective, in years 1–3 of implementation

	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Bangladesh (100% coverage)
Cost per participant	$10·65	$6·52	$6·05
Cost per capita*	$0·63	$0·45	$0·47
Eligible population†	9 671 504	11 391 650	13 009 795
Total budget impact*‡	$102 993 340	$74 294 630	$78 652 010
Pakistan (60% coverage)
Cost per participant	$10·25	$5·70	$5·13
Cost per capita*	$0·29	$0·19	$0·20
Eligible population†	5 619 670	6 728 994	7 796 449
Total budget impact‡	$57 610 060	$38 365 390	$40 021 640
Sri Lanka (100% coverage)
Cost per participant	$6·42	$6·03	$5·92
Cost per capita*	$1·03	$1·05	$1·10
Eligible population†	3 428 737	3 763 279	4 079 978
Total budget impact‡	$22 006 890	$22 675 410	$24 140 330

Data are 2020 US$ or n. Costs are rounded to the nearest $0·01 and the total budget impacts are rounded to the nearest $10.

^*Cost per capita is total cost divided by total national population count.

^†Individuals aged 40 years or older with hypertension in rural communities.

^‡A breakdown of the cost types can be found in the appendix (pp 6, 7).