Mortality elasticities and cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) estimates for public health and healthcare expenditure, 2013/2014
| Outcome specification | Mortality elasticity associated with public health expenditure | Mortality elasticity associated with healthcare expenditure | Cost per death averted (£) | Cost per QALY (£) | Health (QALY) gains associated with £1bn budget boost | |||
| Public health | Healthcare | Public health | Healthcare | Public health | Healthcare | |||
| col 1 | col 2 | col 3 | col 4 | col 5 | col 6 | col 7 | col 8 | |
| With public health spend only | ||||||||
| Backward selection | −0.115 (0.048) | n/a | £48 894 | n/a | £3412 | n/a | 293 083 | n/a |
| With public health and healthcare spend | ||||||||
| (A) Backward selection | −0.081 (0.034) | −0.672 (0.233) | £69 414 | £213 780 | £4845 | £14 912 | 206 398 | 67 060 |
| (B) Forward selection | −0.144 (0.040) | −0.837 (0.269) | £39 047 | £171 631 | £2725 | £11 973 | 366 973 | 83 521 |
n/a, not applicable.