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Table 5 Sensitivity of saving costs (US$) per subject to different compliance levels of screening initiated at different ages

From: An economic evaluation for prevention of diabetes mellitus in a developing country: a modelling study

Different strategies

Reference

Initiation age of 25

Reference

Initiation age of 40

Reference

Initiation age of 60

  

80%

60%

 

80%

60%

 

80%

60%

Screening with diet intervention

6808.10

5057.48

3084.12

3964.56

2885.25

1726.41

2017.03

1095.13

449.56

Screening with exercise intervention

6868.67

5075.73

3091.46

3974.36

2893.45

1716.15

2079.19

1069.45

498.66

Screening with duo-intervention

6861.49

5032.46

3066.46

3903.28

2811.16

1765.19

2071.69

1054.01

489.85

Screening alone

1129.79

820.10

650.75

454.03

369.84

245.84

394.39

174.39

57.75

  1. Data are saving costs (US$) per subject who received prevention strategies when the compliance level of screening were dropped to 80% and 60% respectively. The prevention strategies were still cost-saving at every initiation ages, though the declining level of compliance with screening had a great impact on that reduction of savings for all prevention strategies.