Table 2: averted DALYs, delayed averted DALYs and cost-effectiveness ($/DALY averted)

Variable

Unadjusted

0,0+

Adjusted

3,1,0.04+

Cleft lip

DALYs averted

150,391

88,732

DALYs averted per patient

4.61

2.72

Cost (USD)

11,426,100

11,426,100

$/DALY averted

75.98

128.77

Cleft palate

 

 

DALYs averted

57488

33627

DALYs averted per patient

12.42

7.27

Cost (USD)

1,619,800

1,619,800

$/DALY averted

28.18

48.17

Total

 

 

DALYs averted

207,879

122,359

DALYs averted per patient

5.58

3.28

Cost (USD)

13,045,900

13,045,900

$/DALY averted

62.76

106.62

Delayed averted DALYs

36,352

31,601

+The nomenclature disability-adjusted life-years (r, K, β) is used to signify whether disability-adjusted life-years have been adjusted for discounting or age-weighting, where r is the discount rate, K is the modulation of age-weighting, and β is the age-weighting parameter. Disability-adjusted life-years (3, 1, 0.04) denotes a 3 percent discount rate, with age-weighting at 4 percent.