In London, the cost of new-build communality is high, and is much less cost effective in the short term than elsewhere, even if the units go up with local property values.
This measure was a much less cost effective, but far safer than the other measures, since the child was picked up at home by a small vehicle, e.g., a taxi.
The key difference in the Asian sub-region relates to the relatively lower prevalence of heavy alcohol use, with the result that population based alcohol interventions are much less cost effective.
In a recent study, a 21-session individual CBT was shown as effective -but much less cost-effective as a brief psychoeducational group intervention, with overall decrease in disease burden, effectiveness in preventing episodes and time to relapse [ 12].
If we don't invest in early intervention and prevention then we will find ourselves in a spiral where all the time we are having to deal with much less cost-effective sharp-end intervention," she added.
These figures were compared with much less cost-effective measures in Finnish agriculture at an average marginal cost of 220 euro/kg phosphorus [12].
Livestock reductions and most other agricultural measures investigated by [14], except for modest (no amount specified) reductions in fertiliser application, were less or much less cost-effective than urban sewage treatment and phosphate free detergents.
The ICER for DNA3, DNA5, and DNA10 are much less cost-effective than other screening strategies but still remained cost-effective compared to No Screening.
Pentavaccine was much less cost-effective ($298 per DALY) than the basic DTP and measles vaccines, which cost $7 to avert 1 DALY.
For example, combination use of statins and anti-hypertensives, all WHO essential medicines [ 2, 21] used for the control of cardiovascular disease is much less cost-effective than NRT.
The incremental costs for DNA3, DNA5, and DNA10, respectively, were calculated as $9,794, $9,335, and $7,717 per life-year saved, which is much less cost-effective than other screening strategies.
