Reference no: EM133129158

Contributing to the resistance of many diseases to existing antibiotics.

Consider a regulatory program in the United States that would monitor antibiotic prescribing by physicians. Analysts estimate the direct costs of enforcement to be $40 million, the time costs to doctors and health professionals to be $220 million, and the convenience costs to patients to be $180 million (all annually). The annual benefits of the program are estimated to be $350 million in avoided resistance costs in the United States, $70 million in health benefits in the United States from better compliance with prescriptions, and $280 million in avoided resistance costs in the rest of the world.

What is the net benefit from the national perspective? (Enter as millions, i.e. enter $X million as X and -$X as -X)

Does the program have positive net benefits from the national perspective? (Yes, No, Unknown)

If not, what fraction of benefits accruing in the rest of the world would have to be counted for the program to have positive net benefits? (Enter percent X.X% as X.X)