Dear Editor: One of the major factors driving the cost of healthcare upward in developing countries is aging population. ^[1] Policy makers and health?care providers face the challenge of optimally allocating scarce health?care resources over competing alternatives for elderly population. Research work has been conducted in India depicting the quality?adjusted life years (QALYs) of the elderly population within the context of various therapeutic areas; ^{[2, 3]} however, there is a lack of research which specifically assesses the cost?effectiveness of health care for the elderly.