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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Care Manag Sci. 2017 Aug 31:10.1007/s10729-017-9416-4. doi: 10.1007/s10729-017-9416-4

Appendix Table 4.

Years until initial costs for Xpert implementation are recovered

Years until initial costs are recovered, as a function of per patient initial cost
Age of detected DR TB case $100 $500 $1,000
10 1.8 9.8 37.5
20 2.9 5.2 9.2
30 1.6 4.0 5.9
40 2.1 4.4 6.8
50 0.8 3.8 6.3
60 2.3 5.3 10.3
70 0.7 5.5 12.0
80 0.8 4.3 7.0