Safer Births Bundle of Care: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Tanzania 2021-2023

4,491,204 USD was the total cost for implementing the Safer Births Bundle of Care (SBBC) Phase I intervention across 30 health facilities in Tanzania between 2021 and 2023. The analysis, authored by Boniphace Marwa, estimates a cost per life saved of 4,669 USD, a cost per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) averted of 144 USD, and a benefit-cost ratio of 36.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking cost-effectiveness metrics for maternal health programs based on the reported cost per life saved and DALY averted.
• Modeling the economic impact of scaling up health interventions based on the benefit-cost ratio and total implementation cost.
• Informing budget allocation for perinatal care initiatives based on the detailed cost data collected from a hospital accounting center.

Strengths

• Includes specific, calculated economic metrics: total cost (4,491,204 USD), cost per life saved (4,669 USD), and benefit-cost ratio (36).
• Data is grounded in a real-world intervention conducted in 30 health facilities over a defined period (2021-2023).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for reuse and redistribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analytical methods.
• The 5.5 KB file size indicates a very limited data scope, likely containing summary results rather than raw observational records.

Provenance

Source

Haydom Lutheran Hospital accounting center (cost data).

Collection Method

Cost data were collected retrospectively; outcome data were based on estimated lives saved.

Time Range

2021 to 2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 17:41:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Tanzania