Health impact (zero) | Financial impact Cost to Medicare ($A) | Environmental impact Carbon footprint (kg CO2e) Base case analysis (8% ordered as primary test, 92% add-on test) | Environmental impact Carbon footprint (kg CO2e) Sensitivity analysis (12% ordered as primary test, 88% add-on test) |
Vitamin D tests providing no net health benefit | |||
3 410 108 | $87 229 690 | 28 576 kg CO2e Equivalent to driving SYD-PER 40 times (157 970 km travelled in a standard passenger car) | 42 012 kg CO2e Equivalent to driving SYD-PER 59 times (232 242 km travelled in a standard passenger car) |
Total vitamin D tests | |||
4 457 657 | $114 025 739 | 37 355 kg CO2e Equivalent to driving SYD-PER 52.5 times (206 496 km travelled in a standard passenger car) | 54 918 kg CO2e Equivalent to driving SYD-PER 77 times (303 584 km travelled in a standard passenger car) |
SYD-PER, Sydney to Perth.