Table 5. Rapid tuberculosis test prices, as reported by the molecular assay users surveyed, stratified by use of the Xpert assay and other molecular assays.a.
| Price range (US$) | Total | Income level of the countries (World Bank classification) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Upper middle | Lower middle | Low | |||||||
| Molecular assay use | Molecular assay use | Molecular assay use | Molecular assay use | Molecular assay use | ||||||
| Xpert | Other | Xpert | Other | Xpert | Other | Xpert | Other | Xpert | Other | |
| 1-10 | 40 (26.32) | 24 (15.29) | 5 (12.20) | 4 (7.55) | 6 (13.33) | 8 (13.56) | 18 (43.90) | 10 (27.03) | 11 (44.00) | 2 (25.00) |
| 11-20 | 54 (35.53) | 45 (28.66) | 7 (17.07) | 7 (13.21) | 17 (37.78) | 17 (28.81) | 19 (46.34) | 17 (45.95) | 11 (44.00) | 4 (50.00) |
| 20-30 | 17 (11.18) | 21 (13.38) | 10 (24.39) | 9 (16.98) | 5 (11.11) | 8 (13.56) | 1 (2.44) | 4 (10.81) | 1 (4.00) | 0 (0.00) |
| 30-50 | 12 (7.89) | 28 (17.83) | 6 (14.63) | 14 (26.42) | 4 (8.89) | 10 (16.95) | 0 (0.00) | 3 (8.11) | 2 (8.00) | 1 (12.50) |
| > 50 | 29 (19.08) | 39 (24.84) | 13 (31.71) | 19 (35.85) | 13 (28.89) | 16 (27.12) | 3 (7.32) | 3 (8.11) | 0 (0.00) | 1 (12.50) |
| Subtotal | 152 | 157 | 41 | 53 | 45 | 59 | 41 | 37 | 25 | 8 |
| p | 0.0621 | 0.5569 | 0.7336 | 0.1354 | 0.3818 | |||||
| Do not know | 40 (20.83) | 64 (28.96) | 12 (22.64) | 39 (42.39) | 10 (18.18) | 17 (22.37) | 9 (18.00) | 3 (7.50) | 9 (26.47) | 5 (38.46) |
| Total | 192 | 221 | 53 | 92 | 55 | 76 | 50 | 40 | 34 | 13 |
Xpert: rapid molecular assay for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the detection of rifampin resistance. aValues expressed as n (%), except where otherwise indicated.