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Table 4 CEA with an intermediate health outcome: cost per patient with 95% ART adherence

From: Cost-effectiveness analyses of training: a manager’s guide

 

Pre-training

Post-training

Program cost

  

Remuneration

$50,000

$30,000

Medication

$100,000

$110,000

Total program cost

$150,000

$140,000

Cost of training (annuitized)*

$0

$5,000

Total cost

$150,000

145,000

Cost-effectiveness analysis

  

Number of patients

400

440

Percentage of patients with 95% ART adherence

90%

85%

Number of patients with 95% ART adherence

360

374

Cost-effectiveness result

 

Dominates**

  1. *The annual cost of a $20,000 training with a four-year life of investment is $5,000.
  2. **No cost-effectiveness ratio is necessary, because a program with lower cost and higher effectiveness dominates the alternative.