Table 2.
Average cost per patient for different items of alternative DOT options
| Health facility DOT | Community DOT | |||||||||
| Provider's cost | Smear positive | Smear negative&EPTB | Total health facility USD* | Smear positive | Smear negative&EPTB | Total community USD* | ||||
| quantity | Unit price USD | quantity | Unit price USD | quantity | Unit price USD | quantity | Unit price USD | |||
| Visit TB clinic | 58 | 1.12 | 24 | 1.90 | 56.0 | 10 | 1.12 | 10 | 1.90 | 15.0 |
| Drugs | 1 | 20.90 | 1 | 12.10 | 17.0 | 1 | 20.90 | 1 | 12.10 | 17.0 |
| NTLP management & supervision district level | 1 | 1.50 | 1 | 1.50 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.50 | 1 | 1.50 | 1.50 |
| NTLP management & supervision regional level | 1 | 0.93 | 1 | 0.93 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.93 | 1 | 0.93 | 0.90 |
| Community project management | 1 | 26.97 | 1 | 26.97 | 27.0 | 1 | 26.97 | 1 | 26.97 | 27.0 |
| Community project supervision | 1 | 13.16 | 1 | 13.16 | 13.0 | |||||
| Community project training | 1 | 0.90 | 1 | 0.90 | 0.9 | |||||
| Total providers cost | 102 | 75 | ||||||||
| Patient's cost | ||||||||||
| Direct | 58 | 0.51 | 24 | 0.51 | 22.0 | 10 | 0.51 | 10 | 0.51 | 5.0 |
| Indirect | 58 | 0.50 | 24 | 0.51 | 21.0 | 1 | 7.54 | 1 | 5.90 | 7.0 |
| Total patient's cost | 43 | 12 | ||||||||
| Treatment supporter's cost | ||||||||||
| Direct | 8 | 0.24 | 8 | 0.24 | 1.92 | |||||
| Indirect | 1 | 6.18 | 1 | 4.54 | 5.43 | |||||
| Total treatment supporter's cost | 7 | |||||||||
| Total cost | 145 | 94 | ||||||||
*Weighted average of smear positives(56%) and smear negatives and extra- pulmonary (44%)