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Table 4 Incremental cost-effectiveness ratios of caesarean deliveries by providers' teams, district hospitals, Burkina Faso, 2006

From: A cost-effectiveness study of caesarean-section deliveries by clinical officers, general practitioners and obstetricians in Burkina Faso

Providers

(Surgical teams led by...)

Total costs of surgical team

Cost per c-section, CFA

Newborns CFR

(/1000 c-sections)

Obstetricians (O)

8 577 736

92 858

99

Trained doctors (D)

3 466 938

37 531

125

Clinical officers (CO)

3 222 433

34 884

198

Incremental Cost-Effectiveness Ratio (ICER) = incremental cost of performing 1000 c-sections/incremental gain of newborns' lives per 1000 c-sections

   

ICER from (D) to (O) = (92.858 mi-37.531 mi)/(125-99)

  

2 127 962

ICER from (CO) to (O) = (92.858 mi-34.884 mi)/(198-99)

  

585 596

ICER from (CO) to (D) = (37.531 mi-34.884 mi)/(198-125)

  

36 260