Table 3

Economic benefit setting IE at 1.5/1.0 (lower bound)

Number of LIC and LMIC patientsNumber of UMIC patientsEconomic benefit LIC and LMIC IE=1.5Economic benefit UMIC IE=1.0Total economic gain (LIC, LMIC, UMIC) IE 1.5/1.0Average economic gain per patient LIC and LMIC IE=1.5Average economic gain per patient UMIC IE=1.0Average economic gain per patient IE 1.5/1.0
Cleft palate 196 283 9265 3 303 594 721 1 111 203 556 4 414 798 277 16 831 119 941 21 478
Cleft lip 273 086 10 2752 662 446 791810 138 454 3 472 585 244 9749 78 843 12 255
Total 469 369 19 540 5 966 041 512 1 921 342 009 7 887 383 521 12 711 98 329 16 133
  • IE, income elasticity; LIC, low-income country; LMIC, lower income and middle-income country; UMIC, upper income and middle-income country.