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We thought the answer was YES.
There is a long time horizon, which means that both cost and benefits in the future will have a lower present day value and the authors have applied a discount rate of 3% to both (page 2545, 3rd column).
(Note: From 2005 NICE has required the use of 3.5% both costs and benefits, based on the recommendations of the UK Treasury.)
