| 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 | $342,948 | $332,959 | $330,445 | $327,795 | $318,248 | $315,552 |
 Central | $716,381 | $710,313 | $696,808 | $683,487 | $677,122 | $663,974 |
 High | $1,097,434 | $1,080,268 | $1,063,171 | $1,046,154 | $1,029,226 | $1,018,971 |
 7% DR | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
 Low | $493,311 | $461,039 | $440,452 | $420,586 | $393,071 | $375,173 |
 Central | $1,030,473 | $983,549 | $928,780 | $876,967 | $836,322 | $789,426 |
 High | $1,578,597 | $1,495,815 | $1,417,108 | $1,342,297 | $1,271,210 | $1,211,495 |
Value Per QALD (2015 $) | ||||||
 3% DR - Case | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
 Low | $1785 | $1733 | $1720 | $1706 | $1657 | $1643 |
 Central | $3729 | $3698 | $3627 | $3558 | $3525 | $3456 |
 High | $5713 | $5623 | $5534 | $5446 | $5358 | $5304 |
 3% DR - Recurrent | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
 Low | $2414 | $2344 | $2326 | $2308 | $2240 | $2221 |
 Central | $5043 | $5001 | $4906 | $4812 | $4767 | $4674 |
 High | $7726 | $7605 | $7485 | $7365 | $7246 | $7174 |
 7% DR - Cases | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
 Low | $2568 | $2400 | $2293 | $2189 | $2046 | $1953 |
 Central | $5364 | $5120 | $4835 | $4565 | $4353 | $4109 |
 High | $8217 | $7786 | $7377 | $6987 | $6617 | $6306 |
 7% DR - Recurrent | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
 Low | $3473 | $3246 | $3101 | $2961 | $2767 | $2641 |
 Central | $7255 | $6924 | $6539 | $6174 | $5888 | $5558 |
 High | $11,113 | $10,531 | $9976 | $9450 | $8949 | $8529 |