Estimation of the burden of cardiovascular disease attributable to modifiable risk factors and cost-effectiveness analysis of preventative interventions to reduce this burden in Argentina

Table 3 Interventions and related health events summary costs

Event cost per hospital admission	2007 I$
Coronary Heart Disease	4,245.39
Stroke	3,455.48
Population-based interventions
Mass Media Campaign promote tobacco cessation*	3,164,785.75
Reducing salt in bread^†	193,576.23
Individual interventions (yearly cost per person‡)
Pharmacological high blood pressure treatment	49.72
Pharmacological high cholesterol treatment	118.79
Bupropion treatment for tobacco cessation	117,15
Modified Polypill strategy	103.46

I$: international dollars. PPP conversion rate (2007) 1.55 Argentinean peso = 1 I$,
* Ten years duration of campaign, with discounting (3% annual rate).
† Assuming 54 meeting of 30 bakers each (around 800-600 bakers), with discounting (3% annual rate).
‡ Includes health center visits, drug and lab test costs. Programmatic costs were not included (I$ 1,194,067.52).
Note: Cost of blood pressure lowering drugs, atorvastatin and bupropion as well as other input costs and charges data were extracted from local sources [65–67]. Other cost data were obtained from the Health Care Costs Database by the Institute of Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy [62].

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