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Table 9 Summary of sensitivity analysis impact for individual components

From: Mitigating the heroin crisis in Baltimore, MD, USA: a cost-benefit analysis of a hypothetical supervised injection facility

Outcome	Dollar value ($ million)			Health indicator value
Outcome	Base case	Low case	High case	Base case	Low case	High case	Unit
Total cost	1.79	2.60	0.98
HIV	1.50	0.75	2.25	3.7	1.8	5.5	Cases
HCV	1.44	0.72	2.17	21	11	32	Cases
SSTI	0.93	0.47	1.40	374	187	561	Hospital days
Overdose deaths	3.00	1.50	4.50	5.9	3.0	8.9	Deaths
OD ambulance calls	0.08	0.04	0.12	108	54	162	Calls
OD ER visits	0.11	0.05	0.16	78	39	117	ER visits
OD hospitalizations	0.07	0.03	0.10	27	13	40	Hospitalizations
MAT	0.64	0.32	0.96	121	61	182	New patients

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