| 7% discount rate 10% effectiveness | 3% discount rate 10% effectiveness | 7% discount rate 50% effectiveness | 3% discount rate, 50% effectiveness |  |  |
Cases Averteda | Â | Â | ||||
 Inpatient Cases Averted |  |  | ||||
  HCA-CDI | 167,699 | 184,749 | 838,493 | 923,743 |  |  |
  Recurrent | 35,892 | 39,555 | 179,460 | 197,775 |  |  |
  Total | 203,591 | 224.304 | 1,017,953 | 1,121,518 |  |  |
 Deaths Averted |  |  | ||||
  35% Attributable Mortality | 5625 | 6199 | 28,123 | 30,996 |  |  |
  50% Attributable Mortality | 8035 | 8856 | 40,176 | 44,280 |  |  |
VSL Estimates (2015 $)b | ||||||
 3% DR | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
 Low | $4,500,000 | $4,368,932 | $4,335,941 | $4,301,166 | $4,175,889 | $4,140,522 |
 Central | $9,400,000 | $9,320,388 | $9,143,180 | $8,968,388 | $8,884,870 | $8,712,349 |
 High | $14,400,000 | $14,174,757 | $13,950,419 | $13,727,125 | $13,505,003 | $13,370,436 |
 7% DR | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
 Low | $4,500,000 | $4,236,288 | $3,959,148 | $3,782,363 | $3,611,765 | $3,375,481 |
 Central | $9,400,000 | $9,037,415 | $8,534,163 | $8,140,304 | $7,684,607 | $7,253,694 |
 High | $14,400,000 | $13,744,402 | $13,021,197 | $12,333,794 | $11,680,602 | $11,060,088 |
Value Per QALY (2015 $) | ||||||
 3% DR | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
 Low | $222,833 | $216,343 | $214,709 | $212,987 | $206,784 | $205,032 |
 Central | $465,474 | $461,532 | $452,757 | $444,101 | $439,966 | $431,423 |
 High | $713,067 | $701,913 | $690,804 | $679,747 | $668,748 | $662,084 |
 7% DR | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
 Low | $394,645 | $377,023 | $352,358 | $336,466 | $321,144 | $300,135 |
 Central | $833,140 | $786,831 | $750,676 | $708,725 | $669,051 | $637,787 |
 High | $1,271,634 | $1,204,835 | $1,141,334 | $1,080,985 | $1,023,648 | $969,186 |
Value Per QALD (2015 $) | ||||||
 3% DR - Cases | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
 Low | $1160 | $1126 | $1118 | $1109 | $1076 | $1067 |
 Central | $2423 | $2402 | $2357 | $2312 | $2290 | $2246 |
 High | $3712 | $3654 | $3596 | $3538 | $3481 | $3446 |
 3% DR - Recurrent | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
 Low | $1569 | $1523 | $1512 | $1499 | $1456 | $1443 |
 Central | $3277 | $3249 | $3187 | $3126 | $3097 | $3037 |
 High | $5020 | $4941 | $4863 | $4785 | $4708 | $4661 |
 7% DR - Cases | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
 Low | $2054 | $1963 | $1834 | $1751 | $1672 | $1562 |
 Central | $4337 | $4096 | $3908 | $3689 | $3483 | $3320 |
 High | $6619 | $6272 | $5941 | $5627 | $5329 | $5045 |
 7% DR - Recurrent | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
 Low | $2778 | $2654 | $2481 | $2369 | $2261 | $2113 |
 Central | $5865 | $5539 | $5285 | $4989 | $4710 | $4490 |
 High | $8952 | $8482 | $8035 | $7610 | $7206 | $6823 |