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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 29.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Feb;19(2):172–178. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.14.0421

Table 4.

Total cost of treatment for all diagnosed patients assuming different models of care for urban and rural populations, per province, 2013 (US$)

Province % urban/rural population Diagnosed MDR-TB cases n Total cost: fully decentralised model US$ Total cost: fully hospitalised model US$ Total cost: % urban fully decentralised and % rural fully hospitalised US$
Eastern Cape 36.6/63.4 2 205 17 095 982 29 617 163 25 034 414
Free State 68.6/31.4 390 3 023 779 5 238 410 3 918 238
Gauteng 97.0/3.0 1 198 9 228 429 16 091 320 8 795 179
KwaZulu-Natal 43.1/56.9 6 630 51 404 246 89 052 967 82 714 173
Mpumalanga 39.1/60.9 266 2 062 372 3 572 864 3 419 898
Northern Cape 70.1/29.9 760 5 892 493 10 208 183 7 521 590
Limpopo 11.0/89.0 373 2 891 973 5 010 069 5 793 957
North West 34.9/65.1 267 2 070 126 3 586 296 3 539 572
Western Cape 88.9/11.1 2 072 16 064 796 27 830 731 16 810 363
South Africa 53.7*/46.3 14 161 109 794 198 190 208 003 162 370 737
*

In 2011, 62% of South Africa’s population was urban. However, the estimates for provinces were not available.

MDR-TB = multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.