Sensitivity analysis of SAM and smoking and SHS-attributable direct healthcare costs and total economic costs: Taiwan, 2010
| SAM | Direct costs | Total economic costs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Percentage of all deaths* | Amount (US$ million) | Percentage of NHE | Amount (US$ million) | Percentage of GDP | |
| Main analysis | 15 555 | 10.75 | 828 | 3.38 | 1670 | 0.39 |
| Sensitive analysis | ||||||
| Smoking and SHS exposure prevalence | ||||||
| Assume the levels in 2008 | 17 095 | 11.81 | 894 | 3.65 | 1777 | 0.41 |
| Assume the mean levels in 2008 and 2010 | 16 438 | 11.36 | 865 | 3.53 | 1729 | 0.40 |
| Growth rate in productivity | ||||||
| Assume 6% instead of 4% | 15 555 | 10.75 | 828 | 3.38 | 1847 | 0.43 |
| RR | ||||||
| Assume RRs for former smokers=1 | 11 140 | 7.88 | 629 | 2.57 | 1323 | 0.31 |
| Assume published RRs in the USA† | 22 513 | 15.56 | 1042 | 4.25 | 2175 | 0.51 |
Exchange rate of the NT$ against US$=31.642 in 2010.
*In 2010, the number of all-cause deaths among people aged ≥0 was 144 709.
†See table 12.1 in the 2014 US Surgeon General Report.25
GDP, gross domestic product (US$430.1 billion in 2010); NHE, national personal healthcare expenditure (US$24.5 billion in 2010); RR, relative risk; SAM, smoking and SHS-attributable mortality; SHS, secondhand smoke.