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Table 6 Outlines the program costs on the Y axis as a percentage of overall costs. 100% delineated the current program costs. The X-axis describes the mortality rate from unwitnessed overdose seen across current literature. Restults are presented as the net benefits of the program with the cost-benefit ratio in brackets

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

Net Benefits of the NORS program in 2022 CAD (value per dollar spent)

Costs of NORS program as a percentage of current operational budget.

200

- $ 529,115.57)

(0.82)

$ 78,224.58

(1.03)

$ 3,114,925.35

(2.05)

$ 6,151,626.11

(3.08)

$ 9,188,326.88

(4.11)

$ 10,706,677.26

(4.62)

$ 12,225,027.64

(5.13)

$ 15,261,728.40

(6.16)

$ 18,298,429.17

(7.19)

$ 21,335,129.93

(8.21)

180

- $ 255,440.57

(0.90)

$ 351,899.58

(1.13)

$ 3,388,600.35

(2.26)

$ 6,425,301.11

(3.39)

$ 9,462,001.88

(4.52)

$ 10,980,352.26

(5.09)

$ 12,498,702.64

(5.66)

$ 15,535,403.40

(6.79)

$ 18,572,104.17

(7.92)

$ 21,608,804.93

(9.05)

160

$ 18,234.43

(1.01)

$ 625,574.58

(1.26)

$ 3,662,275.35

(2.54)

$ 6,698,976.11

(3.78)

$ 9,735,676.88

(5.04)

$ 11,254,027.26

(5.67)

$ 12,772,377.64

(6.30)

$ 15,809,078.40

(7.56)

$ 18,845,779.17

(8.82)

$ 21,882,479.93

(10.08)

140

$ 291,909.43

(1.14)

$ 899,249.58

(1.42)

$ 3,935,950.35

(2.84)

$ 6,972,651.11

(4.26)

$ 10,009,351.88

(5.68)

$ 11,527,702.26

(6.39)

$ 13,046,052.64

(7.10)

$ 16,082,753.40

(8.52)

$ 19,119,454.17

(9.94)

$ 22,156,154.93

(11.37)

120

$ 565,584.43

(1.30)

$ 1,172,924.58

(1.63)

$ 4,209,625.35

(3.26)

$ 7,246,326.11

(4.89)

$ 10,283,026.88

(6.52)

$ 11,801,377.26

(7.33)

$ 13,319,727.64

(8.15)

$ 16,356,428.40

(9.78)

$ 19,393,129.17

(11.41)

$ 22,429,829.93

(13.03)

100*

$ 839,259.43

(1.53)

$ 1,446,599.58

(1.91)

$ 4,483,300.35

(3.82)

$ 7,520,001.11

(5.73)

$ 10,556,701.88

(7.64)

$ 12,075,052.26

(8.59)

$ 13,593,402.64

(9.55)

$ 16,630,103.40

(11.46)

$ 19,666,804.17

(13.37)

$ 22,703,504.93

(15.28)

80

$ 1,112,934.43

(1.85)

$ 1,720,274.58

(2.31)

$ 4,756,975.35

(4.61)

$ 7,793,676.11

(6.92)

$ 10,830,376.88

(9.23)

$ 12,348,727.26

(10.38)

$ 13,867,077.64

(11.53)

$ 16,903,778.40

(13.84)

$ 19,940,479.17

(16.15)

$ 22,977,179.93

(18.45)

60

$ 1,386,609.43

(2.33)

$ 1,993,949.58

(2.91)

$ 5,030,650.35

(5.82)

$ 8,067,351.11

(8.74)

$ 11,104,051.88

(11.65)

$ 12,622,402.26

(13.10)

$ 14,140,752.64

(14.56)

$ 17,177,453.40

(17.47)

$ 20,214,154.17

(20.39)

$ 23,250,854.93

(23.30)

40

$ 1,660,284.43

(3.16)

$ 2,267,624.58

(3.16)

$ 5,304,325.35

(7.90)

$ 8,341,026.11

(11.85)

$ 11,377,726.88

(15.79)

$ 12,896,077.26

(17.77)

$ 14,414,427.64

(19.74)

$ 17,451,128.40

(23.69)

$ 20,487,829.17

(27.64)

$ 23,524,529.93

(31.59)

  

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  1. Overdose mortality rate without intervention
  2. *Demarcates the current operational costs of NORS,
  3. ** Demarcates the estimated mortality rate from an unwitnessed overdose from out Monte Carlo simulations