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Table 6 The maximum justifiable cost

From: The health and economic impact and cost effectiveness of interventions for the prevention and control of overweight and obesity in Kenya: a stakeholder engaged modelling study

Intervention: A research-based strategy that leads to increased production and consumption of healthy indigenous foods

 

Maximum justifiable cost when healthcare cost savings alone are considered (USD)

Maximum justifiable cost when HALYs gained, and healthcare cost savings are considered (USD)

  

Value of HALYs being USD 1,801*

(very cost-effective threshold)

Value of HALYs being USD 5,403*

(cost effective threshold)

1. When the intervention is modelled as a change in consumption levels related to supermarket food purchase

1,924,647,709

8,548,139,660

21,795,123,562

2. When the intervention is modelled as a change in national consumption levels back to the 1975 average levels of intake

6,225,633,667

29,833,991,065

77,050,705,862

  1. *The value is calculated by multiplying the HALYs gained with 5,403 USD (i.e., 3 times the GDP per capita for Kenya in 2019, the definition of a cost-effective intervention applied in our study) or with 1,801 (the GDP per capita for Kenya in 2019, the definition of a very cost-effective intervention applied in our study). These outputs are from the main analysis (base case) where we applied a discount rate of 3% to costs and HALYs
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Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

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