Table 2

Economic benefit setting IEs at 1.0/0.55 (upper bound)

Number of LIC and LMIC patientsNumber of UMIC patientsEconomic benefit LIC and LMIC IE=1.0Economic benefit UMIC IE=0.55Total economic gain (LIC, LMIC, UMIC) IE 1.0/0.55Average economic gain per patient LIC and LMIC IE=1.0Average economic gain per patient UMIC IE=0.55Average economic gain per patient IE 1.0/0.55
Cleft palate 196 283 9265 9 395 345 138 1 950 757 462 11 346 102 600 47 866 210 560 55 199
Cleft lip 273 086 10 2757 923 094 3871 436 428 296 9 359 522 683 29 013 139 794 33 030
Total 469 369 19 540 17 318 439 525 3 387 185 759 20 705 625 284 36 897 173 347 42 351
  • IE, income elasticity; LIC, low-income country; LMIC, lower income and middle-income country; UMIC, upper income and middle-income country.