Table 5

Comparison of economic estimates of cleft lip and palate care using VSL

Cleft lipCleft palate
LowerUpperLowerUpper
Aggregate (current)12 255 33 03021 47855 199
Nepal (current) 2094 10 904 3113 16 062
Corlew 2009 Nepal56 919143 363152 372375 412
SSA (current) 2874 12 535 5058 20 799
Alkire 2011 SSA89 016160 361341 586614 849
Ecuador (current) 21 721 51 514 31 559 74 932
Hughes 2012 Ecuador52 967141 736145 803390 153
  • VSL, value of a statistical life. SSA, sub-Saharan Africa