Fig. 5
From: Preparing for a “dirty bomb” attack: the optimum mix of medical countermeasure resources
Costs of a statistical life year depending on the threshold level fixed for the indication of decorporation treatment and a resource mix corresponding to optimum efficiency (1.000). Assumptions: Scenario with 60,000 potentially contaminated people and 1% of them actually needing treatment; purchasing cost of a monitoring portal 100,000 € and screening capacity of 10,000 people/day and unit; purchasing cost of a whole-body counter 500,000 € and screening capacity of 100 people/day and unit