Table 4

Estimates of the cost–effectiveness of public health centre-based Smoking Cessation Clinics in Korea, 2009

Cost perBase-case scenarioWorst-case scenario
Quit rate (%)Cost (US$)Quit rate (%)Cost (US$)
Service user who set quit date 59.6 59.6
Service user who success quit smoking at 4 weeks78* 76.447† 127.3
Service user who success quit smoking at 6 months40* 149.024† 248.3
Service user who success quit smoking at 1 year28.1‡ 212.115.6‡ 381.5
Service user who success quit smoking at 8 years12.9‡ 461.07.2‡ 829.3
Life-year saved 128.1 230.4

  • ↵* Self-reported.

  • ↵† Sixty per cent level of quit rate of the base-case scenario.

  • ↵‡ Estimated using relapse rate and the background population cessation rate.