Table 5

Annual costs and outcomes for mothers and newborns in PBF and control areas and the incremental cost-effectiveness of the PBF programme (US$ 2015)

MotherNewbornTotal
Standard of care (control) group
Annual cost per person (US$) [1]9.872.1212.32
Annual DALYs averted [2]0.181.071.25
PBF treatment group
Annual cost per person (US$) [3]34.5111.3945.77
Annual DALYs averted [4]0.21.081.28
Incremental cost (US$) [3-1]24.649.2733.91
Incremental DALY averted [4-2]0.0120.0150.027
ICER (US$)2,077599.81,241
  • DALY, disability-adjusted life years; ICER, incremental cost-effectiveness ratio ; PBF, performance-based financing.