Table 3 Incremental results of scenarios compared to baseline
From: Costs and benefits of early response in the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Sierra Leone
4 weeks earlier (IQR) | |
|---|---|
Cases averted | 10,257 (4353–18,813) |
Deaths averted | 8835 (3766–16,316) |
DALY s averted (thousand) | 455.8 (194.1–841.11) |
DALYs averted by preventing Ebola episodes (time spent with Ebola times number of cases) | 0.23 (0.1–0.41) |
DALYs averted by preventing premature deaths (deaths averted times remaining health adjusted life expectancy) | 455.57 (194–840.7) |
Costs saved (million US$) | 202.82 (87.42–373.86) |
Within health care sector: Ebola treatment | 1.77 (0.86–2.52) |
Outside healthcare sector: productivity losses | 201.05 (86.56–371.34) |