Leverage Factor (developing world)
Project | Cost | Real world outcome | Outcome estimates | Economic value in Western terms | Leverage Factor |
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Heart attack (AMI) acute management with low cost drugs | $0.2b/year | prevent 4.5m DALYs/yr | Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems, Bjorn Lomborg, 2007, pp. 325. | $410b/year | 2,000 |
Aspirin with or without betablocker for AMI | $13-15/year | prevent 1 DALY | The Disease Control Priorities Project reports on the cost effectiveness of intervention. | $90,000 | 6,000 - 7,000 |
Leverage Factor
2,000 - 7,000