Table 6

Costs per extra case of sickle cell disease in a universal programme using IEF or HPLC

Disease rate (per 1000 births)Cost per extra SCD identified by universal programme (number of births)
5000100002500050000100000
IEF
 0.01647981954157113786211990981229715
 0.02316114472202564055594673609981
 0.04154681231225277151292460300114
 0.0872464110736133699141354145181
 0.163135650492619736580167714
 0.31824417812235532546626423
 0.63116459488819977510254
 1.25−7771615305035293768
 2.50−94824896512051324
HPLC
 0.017027081008884119259012538251284442
 0.023462194993072591160621778637087
 0.04167975244519290445305754313409
 0.0878853117125140088147743151570
 0.163429253428649096873770650
 0.31937118939246792659327550
 0.631531631591861014210621
 1.25−7381654308635683807
 2.50−104714986611061225