Table 4 Net health gain and costs incremental to “do nothing” by socio-demographic group for selecteda sodium reduction interventions (expressed per adult in 2011, over the remainder of their life with 3 % discounting)
From: Modeling health gains and cost savings for ten dietary salt reduction targets
Full target (mandatory) | Packaged foods target (mandatory) | Fast foods & restaurant target (mandatory) | Snacks target (mandatory) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention/population group | Health gain (QALYs) per adult | Cost per adult (NZ$) | Health gain (QALYs) per adult | Cost per adult (NZ$) | Health gain (QALYs) per adult | Cost per adult (NZ$) | Health gain (QALYs) per adult | Cost per adult (NZ$) |
Age < 65 yearsb | 0.112 | -$689 | 0.059 | -$362 | 0.033 | -$203 | 0.0029 | -$16.9 |
Age 65+ yearsb | 0.072 | -$127 | 0.037 | -$66 | 0.021 | -$36.6 | 0.0019 | -$2.2 |
Women | 0.085 | -$423 | 0.044 | -$222 | 0.025 | -$125 | 0.0022 | -$9.9 |
Men | 0.121 | -$680 | 0.063 | -$357 | 0.035 | -$200 | 0.0032 | -$16.8 |
Māori | 0.130 | -$461 | 0.068 | -$242 | 0.038 | -$136 | 0.0034 | -$11.0 |
Non-Māori | 0.099 | -$555 | 0.051 | -$291 | 0.029 | -$163 | 0.0026 | -$13.4 |