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Table 6 Economic analysis results in 2013 United States dollars for IPV5 compared to both reference cases (RCs) involving continued OPV use

From: An economic analysis of poliovirus risk management policy options for 2013–2052

Income level

Discounted, cumulative vaccination costs ($ billions)

Discounted, cumulative paralytic polio cases

Incremental costs ($ billions)

Paralytic polio cases prevented

Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER)

Incremental net benefits (INBs)

($ billions)

IPV5

Reference case

IPV5

Reference case

Per paralytic polio case prevented ($/case)

Per DALY averted

($/DALY)

IPV5 vs. RC no SIAs and OPV restart without SIAs

LOW

2.9

3.9

2,700

420,00

−1.2

420,000

CLS

CLS

4.7

LMI

6.1

7.4

3,700

350,00

−3.6

350,000

CLS

CLS

15

UMI

12

8.1

150

1,200

3.7

1,000

3,600,000

250,000

−3.5

HIGH

16

15

3

8

0.4

5

80,000,000

5,600,000

−0.4

World

37

35

6,500

770,000

−0.6

770,000

N/A

N/A

16

IPV5 vs. RC with SIAs and OPV restart with SIAs

LOW

2.9

8.9

1,400

1,500

−6.0

180

CLS

CLS

6.0

LMI

6.1

18

2,400

2,400

−12

−48

CSLC

CSLC

12

UMI

12

11

150

920

0.7

780

870,000

62,000

−0.5

HIGH

16

16

3

8

0.2

5

41,000,000

2,900,000

−0.2

World

37

53

3,900

4,800

−17

910

N/A

N/A

17

  1. Abbreviations(see Table1for policy abbreviations): CLS, cost- and life-saving; CSLC, cost-saving but life-costing; DALY, disability-adjusted life-year; HIGH, high-income; ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio; INBs, incremental net benefits; LMI, lower middle-income; LOW, low-income; N/A, not applicable; OPV, oral poliovirus vaccine; SIA, supplemental immunization activity; UMI, upper middle-income