Table 3. Selected cost parameters.
Parameter | Base Case Value | Range for Sensitivity Analysis | Ref. |
Costs (2009 USD) | |||
Chest radiograph | 1 | 0.30–3 | [35] |
TB sputum stain and culture | 17 | 6–50 | [33], [35] |
Liver function test | 9 | 3–27 | [33] |
DOT visit | 1 | 0.30–3 | [35] |
IPT Regimensa | |||
Total 6EH course | 40 | 19–133 | [33], [34], [35] |
Total 36H course | 90 | 47–363 | [33], [34], [35] |
Total 6H course | 20 | [33], [34], [35] | |
Total 3RH course | 25 | [33], [34], [35] | |
Total 3RPTH course | 180 | [33], [34], [35], [57] | |
Active TB treatmentb | |||
Drug-sensitive TBc | 50 | 41–300 | [8], [34], [35] |
INH-resistant, non-MDR TBd | 140 | 113–906 | [8], [34], [35] |
MDR-TBe | 2,630 | 2,105–16,842 | [8], [34], [35] |
First-line ART (NNRTI-based), monthly | 9 | 8–10 | [36] |
Second-line ART (PI-based), monthly | 55 | 50–60 | [36] |
USD: US Dollars; TB: Tuberculosis; DOT: Directly Observed Therapy; 6EH: Six-month regimen of isoniazid plus ethambutol; 36H: Three-year regimen of isoniazid; 3RH: Three-month regimen of isoniazid plus rifampin; 3RPTH: Three-month regimen of isoniazid plus rifapentine; MDR: multidrug-resistant; ART: Antiretroviral Therapy; NNRTI: Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor; PI: Protease inhibitor; 3RPTH: Three-month regimen of isoniazid plus rifapentine.
Includes clinic visits, TB symptom screening quarterly, liver function tests every six months, and medications.
Includes costs of acute presentation of TB (including inpatient and outpatient visits), plus TB treatment plus DOT.
Category I (two-months intensive phase with isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol thrice-weekly, then four-months continuation phase with isoniazid and rifampin thrice-weekly) and DOT.
Category I failure, followed by Category II treatment (three-months intensive phase with isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol thrice-weekly, with first two months including streptomycin thrice-weekly, then five-month continuation phase with isoniazid, rifampin and ethambutol thrice-weekly) and DOT.
Category I and II failure, followed by MDRTB treatment (six-month intensive phase with streptomycin, ofloxacin, ethambutol, ethionamide, and pyrazinamide daily, followed by an eighteen-month of continuation phase with ofloxacin, ethambutol, ethionamide, and pyrazinamide daily) and DOT.