Estimated number of Caesarean deliveries required to prevent 90% of OL in each country, along with the total number of preventable obstetric fistulas and maternal mortality for each country in 2008.

a<p>Necessary to prevent 90% of OL;</p>b<p>Adjusted for mortality secondary to Caesarean delivery.</p

Unit cost of Caesarean delivery, total cost (USD) of treating OL with Caesarean delivery (000 s), cost (USD) per DALY(3,0,0) averted by treating OL, gross economic benefit of addressing OL (in 000 s), and benefit-cost ratio for treating OL in 2008.

a<p>: Total cost to treat 90% of cases of neglected obstructed labor with Caesarean delivery.</p>b<p>: The cost per DALY averted using (3,0,0) assumptions, which is consistent with the DCPP approach.</p>c<p>: Estimated by valuing DALYs (3,1,) with value of a statistical life-year.</p>d<p>: Benefit-cost ratio calculated by dividing gross economic benefit by total cost.</p

Cost per DALY (3,0,0) averted vs. cumulative DALYs (3,0,0) averted for the 49 countries included in the analysis.

<p>The vertical axis represents the average cost per DALY averted in a country, and the horizontal axis shows the cumulative number of DALYs averted as one moves from least-cost country to highest-cost country. To maximize the number of DALYs averted within their budgets, cost-conscious donors should first donate to countries at the left-most portion of curve and then move right until all funds are used.</p