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Table 2 Model parameters and data sources

From: Cost-effectiveness of medical primary prevention strategies to reduce absolute risk of cardiovascular disease in Tanzania: a Markov modelling study

Parameter

Sources

Annual risk of MI or stroke - Table 5

Framingham Heart Study

Non-MI or non-stroke mortality rate - Table 5

Tanzanian 2012 life table and GHDx dataset

Fatality rate from MI and stroke - Table 5

WHO, CHOICE study

Cost of CVD prevention and treatment - Table 6

Authors’ previous study and primary analysis

Intervention costs and effects - Table 6

Tanzania MSD and meta-analyses

Disability weights - Table 6

Global burden of disease 2010

Other transition probabilities - Table 6

Cross-sectional studies and authors’ extrapolation

  1. MI Myocardial infarction, GHDx Global Health Data Exchange, WHO World Health Organization, CHOICE CHOosing Interventions that are Cost-Effective, MSD Medical Stores Department