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Table 4 Cost per life saved and total cost of prevented overdose deaths associated with NORS

From: A cost benefit analysis of a virtual overdose monitoring service/mobile overdose response service: the national overdose response service

 

April 2021- March 2022

April 2022-

December 2022

Total

Estimated number of overdose deaths prevented per year based on our Monte Carlo simulation:

21

7

28

Total cost of prevented overdose deaths from NORS using using value of one life lost ($1,320,304.68)

$27,726,388.30

$9,242,132.76

$36,968,521.10

Total Number of life years saved:

562.8

187.6

750.4

Overall Cost per life year saved from using NORS

$49,265.08

$49,265.10

$49,265.09