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.