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Table 3 Impact on gross and net cost-effectiveness ratios of changing the formulation from custom granule to the less expensive water dispersible formulation

From: Cost-effectiveness of larviciding for urban malaria control in Tanzania

Scenarios

Gross CER*

CER* Provider’s perspective

CER* Societal perspective

Scenario #1 - Incidence rate of 902 per 1,000

 Infection averted

$3.5

$2.7

$1.5

 Death prevented

$3,222

$2,528

$1,395

 DALY averted

$62.6

$49.1

$27.1

Scenario #2 - Incidence rate of 227 per 1,000

 Infection averted

$13.8

$13.0

$11.8

 Death prevented

$12,824

$12,130

$10,997

 DALY averted

$249.2

$235.7

$213.7

Scenario #3 - Incidence rate of 122 per 1,000

 Infection averted

$25.6

$24.9

$23.6

 Death prevented

$23,850

$23,155

$22,023

 DALY averted

$463.4

$449.9

$427.9

  1. Note: All prices are in 2012 US dollars.
  2. *CER: Cost-Effectiveness Ratio.