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Table 4 Cost per life saved per 1,000 surgical patients

From: Giving tranexamic acid to reduce surgical bleeding in sub-Saharan Africa: an economic evaluation

Country

Incremental cost a

Lives saved with TXA

Incremental cost per life saved

Botswana

-$59,000b

0

Dominant strategy

Kenya

$13,000b

150

$87

South Africa

-$59,000b

0

Dominant strategy

Tanzania

$13,000b

140

$93

  1. a All costs are in 2007 prices
  2. b rounded to the nearest thousand