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Table 4 Base case cost-effectiveness results

From: Protecting child health and nutrition status with ready-to-use food in addition to food assistance in urban Chad: a cost-effectiveness analysis

Outcome

FA alone

RUSF component

Total cost (EUR)

780,089

229,017

# children* in program

1,071

613

Total cost per child of FA alone* (EUR)

728

--

Incremental cost per child receiving RUSF* (EUR)

--

374

Episodes of diarrhea per child-month

1.17

0.81

Anemia prevalence

66.8%

56.5%

Diarrhea outcome:

  

 Incremental cost† (EUR)

--

374

 Incremental effectiveness

--

0.36

 ICER (€/episode of diarrhea averted per child-month)

--

1,038

Anemia outcome:

  

 Incremental cost (EUR)

--

374

 Incremental effectiveness

--

10.3%

 ICER (€/case of anemia averted)

--

3,627

  1. FA: Food Assistance; RUSF: Ready-to-use Supplementary Food; ICER: Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio
  2. * Cost per child was calculated using the number of children included in the program at baseline, regardless of their outcome. The number of children in both programs was different: all children participated in the FA program (n = 1,071), a subset of these children received only FA (n = 458), another subset received RUSF in addition to FA (n = 613).