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. 2011 Sep 5;2(2):e19. doi: 10.4081/jphia.2011.e19

Table 2. Average cost of tuberculosis services per patient by facility type.

Facility level Average
overhead
cost/patient
(%total cost)
In US $
Inpatient
services cost/
patient
(% total cost)
in US $
Average cost (SD)
of drugs, sputum
test and
chest x-ray/ patient
x in US$
Outpatient services
cost (including
DOT services)/
patient (% total cost)
in US $
Cost of DOT services
per tuberculosis
patient
(% total cost)
Total cost of
tuberculosis care
/patient (including
drugs and tests)
/patient
Tertiary hospital 74 (29%) 25 (10%) 44.63 (18%) 7.59 (3%) 102.18 (40%) $253.43 (100%)
Infectious disease
Hospital
11 (12%) 13 (14%) 44.63 (48%) 2.27 (2%) 21.13 (23%) $92.03 (100%)
General hospitals 32 (16%) 22.88 (12%) 44.63 (23%) 5.40 (3%) 90.09 (46%) $195.00 (100%)
PHC (D) 22.67 (10%) 22 (10%) 44.63 (20%) 4.98 (2%) 124.13 (57%) $218.41 (100%)
PHC (T) 32.45 (13%) 9.45 (4%) 44.63 (18%) 7.84 (3%) 148.33 (61%) $242.70 (100%)