The health system costs of post abortion care in Tanzania

Table 8 Sensitivity analysis: Items varied and impact on per patient and national cost outcomes

Item varied	Estimate in base case	Range varied		Impact on total national cost
Item varied	Estimate in base case	Low	High	Low	High
Number of PAC patients receiving care nationally^a	77,814	28,040	105,242	− 64.0%	35.2%
Lifetime of buildings (years)	60	45	75	0.0%	0.0%
Discount rate	8.17%	5%	10%	−0.5%	0.3%
All variables^b	See above	See above	See above	−61.6%	35.6%

NC No change to outcome when input was varied
^a Currently receiving PAC. The range for current PAC patients is based on the range estimated by Keogh et al. 2015. The range for women requiring but not obtaining PAC is estimated using the size of the range for current PAC patients relative to the base case estimate
^b For this option, low = lowest number of patients, highest number of years for depreciation, and the lowest discount rate. High = highest number of patients, lowest number of years for depreciation, and the highest discount rate

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