Generalized cost-effectiveness analysis of a package of interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Table 3 Interventions and related health events summary costs

Event cost per hospital admission	ARS $
Coronary Heart Disease	2,879
Stroke	1,682
Total intervention cost per year
Health education through Mass Media¹	634,069
Less salt in bread²	87,471
Yearly cost per person ³
Hypertension treatment	39.54
High Cholesterol treatment	70.19
Bupropion treatment for tobacco cessation	109.73
Modified Polypill strategy	92.71

1. Ten years duration of campaign, more intensive during the first two years and with periodic reinforcement over the ten-tear period.
2. Assuming 54 meeting of 30 bakers each (aprox. 800-600 bakers). These meetings will be carried out during the first two years with reinforcement meetings for years fifth and sixth and ninth and tenth.
3. Includes health center visits, drug and lab test costs.
Cost of blood pressure lowering drugs, atorvastatine and bupropion as well as other input costs and charges data were extracted from the purchase data of the Health Ministry of Buenos Aires City Government (available at http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar/areas/hacienda/compras/ comprassalud, 2005). Other cost data were obtained from the Health Care Costs Database by the Institute of Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (accessed at http://www.iecs.org.ar/ Base de Datos de Costos Sanitarios Argentinos).

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