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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2015 Sep;19(9):1115–xv. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.15.0158

Table 3.

QALY Weights and Costs

Mean Source
QALY weights

Healthy 1 22
Healthy, with past treatment (non-MDR or MDR) 0.942 16
Latent DS TB 1 22
Latent MDR TB 1 22
Latent with past treatment (non-MDR or MDR) 0.942 16
Active DS TB 0.663 17
Active DS TB in RNTCP Cat I 0.843 32
Active DS TB in RNTCP Cat II 0.843 32
Active MDR TB 0.663 17
Active MDR TB in RNTCP Cat I 0.663 17
Active MDR TB in RNTCP Cat II 0.663 17
Active MDR TB in RNTCP Cat IV 0.753 *
Dead 0

Costs, in 2013 USD
Treatment Costs**

Public System
 Nonmedical Public Clinic Patient Costs, Monthly 6.20 8
Fixed Costs
 Sputum Smear Cost 4.89 18
 DST cost 26.04 18
CAT I/III Monthly Costs
 Drugs 3.53 11,19,20
 Other Clinic Costs 31.08 33
CAT II Monthly Costs
 Drugs 8.01 11,19,20
 Other Clinic Costs 31.08 33
CAT IV Monthly Costs
 Drugs, IP (first 6 months) 84.92 11,19,20
 Drugs, CP (following 18 months) 67.50 11,19,20
 Other Clinic Costs 31.08 33
Private System
 Private Treatment Direct Costs, Monthly 68.18 8

Intervention Costs

PPM referral (includes per-person program & monitoring costs) 34.03 34
GeneXpert 18.30 18

Non-TB Health Related Costs

Monthly Per Person, Non-TB Health Expenses 23
 Age Males
 0–9 0.20
 10–19 0.17
 20–29 1.20
 30–39 1.59
 40–49 1.62
 50–59 2.48
 60–69 3.25
 70+ 4.66
*

Average of no treatment and CAT I (effective treatment for MDR but toxic)

**

A full public clinic treatment regimen includes two sputum smears, one DST, and monthly drug and other clinic costs (sputum smears are replaced by DST in Cat IV) for total costs of 183.33, 264,97, and 3649.58 for category I, II, and IV treatment respectively. See Appendix Table S3 for details.