Table 2.
Average per-patient cost estimates and statewide direct health care costs, by component, California, 2015
| Cost component | Per non-MDR TB patient Average (range of averages) |
Per MDR TB patient Average (range of averages) |
All non-MDR TB cases in CA, 2015 N = 2110 $ average (range of averages) |
All MDR TB cases in CA, 2015 N = 23 $ average (range of averages) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitalization | 24,000 (10,100–45,400) | 43,300 | 50,640,000 (21,311,000–95,794,000) | 995,900 (*) |
| Inpatient physician fees | 3600 (3400–3800) | 4000 | 7596,000 (7174,000–8018,000) | 92,000 (*) |
| Outpatient physician fees | 400 (200–600) | 1200 | 844,000 (422,000–1266,000) | 27,600 (*) |
| Case management | 4300 (1400–8000) | 27,800 (21,500–34,100) | 9073,000 (2954,000–16,880,000) | 639,400 (494,500–784,300) |
| Laboratory and imaging tests | 1500 (1200–2200) | 4200 | 3165,000 (2532,000–4642,000) | 96,600 (*) |
| Anti-TB medications | 800 (300–1300) | 30,400 (11,600–62,600) | 1688,000 (633,000–2745,500) | 699,200 (266,800–1439,800) |
| Subtotal | 34,600 (16,600–61,300) | 110,900 (85,800–149,400) | 73,006,000 (35,026,000–129,343,000) | 2550,700 (1973,400–3436,200) |
| Total direct medical and public health cost of TB disease in California, 2015 | 75,556,700 (36,999,400–132,779,200) | |||
*No range of average shown because only one estimate met the literature search inclusion criteria