Table 5

One way sensitivity analyses results

Kenya

Tanzania

Botswana

South Africa

Probability of requiring a transfusion without TXA

0%

$13,000^a

$13,000^a

$13,000^a

$13,000^a

100%

$58^b

$63^b

-$97,000^a

-$97,000^a

Probability of death for a patient not receiving transfusion

75%

$380^b

$416^b

-$59,000^a

-$59,000^a

15%

$50^b

$53^b

-$59,000^a

-$59,000^a

Cost of TXA

$3.13

$54^b

$59^b

-$64,000^a

-$64,000^a

$44

$327^b

$350^b

-$23,000^a

-$23,000^a

Cost of one unit of blood

$15.6

$87^b

$93^b

-$6,000^a

-$6,000^a

$262

$87^b

$93^b

-$316,000^a

-$316,000^a

Probability of death for a surgery patient in SSA

11%

$100^b

$108b

-$59,000^a

-$59,000^a

4%

$83^b

$88^b

-$59,000^a

-$59,000^a

RR of requiring transfusion with TXA vs. no TXA

0.54

$78^b

$88^b

-$64,000^a

-$64,000^a

0.69

$102^b

$172^b

-$52,000^a

-$52,000^a

Number of units transfused without TXA

2.52

$105^b

$110^b

$-36,000^a

$-36,000^a

3.73

$74^b

$81^b

$-81,000^a

$-81,000^a

a rounded to the nearest thousand

b Incremental cost per life saved

Guerriero et al. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2010 8:1   doi:10.1186/1478-7547-8-1