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Table 5 Number of screening equipment units needed to reach optimum efficiency depending on the purchase price of the equipment

From: Preparing for a “dirty bomb” attack: the optimum mix of medical countermeasure resources

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Whole-body counter

Purchase price (€)

Units for efficiency

Costs per life year saved (€/year)

Purchase price (€)

Units for efficiency

Costs per life year saved (€/year)

50,000

6

29,823

250,000

30

232,362

75,000

6

31,841

375,000

25

280,582

100,000

6

33,860

500,000

25

322,343

125,000

6

35,878

625,000

20

357,088

150,000

6

37,896

750,000

20

390,497

  1. Assumptions: Scenario with 60,000 potentially contaminated people and 1% of them actually needing treatment; no discounts for antidotes