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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Health Econ Health Policy. 2018 Aug;16(4):537–548. doi: 10.1007/s40258-018-0397-3

Table 2.

Inputs representing largest share of unit costs per procedure by site

Procedure BTB MKB MR OD CENAT
Clinical diagnostic assessment Clinician time (49%),
Nurse time (35%) 		Clinician time (74%), Nurse time (18%)
Chest x-ray, automatic development X-ray film (52%),
X-ray machine (14%) 		X-ray film (49%),
X-ray machine (21%)
Smear Microscopy – FM Lab technician time (17%),
Biosafety cabinet (16%) 		N95 mask (24%),
Microscope (18%)
Smear Microscopy – ZN Reagent kit (41%),
Sputum cup (15%)
Xpert Xpert cartridge (37%),
GeneXpert instrument (24%) 		GeneXpert instrument (36%),
Xpert cartridge (34%)
Liquid Culture – MGIT MGIT 960 instrument (32%),
MGIT 7mL tube (10%) 		MGIT 7mL tube (20%),
MGIT 960 instrument (14%)
Follow-on work up for positive MGIT results and MTB identification MTB identification test (22%),
Autoclave (12%) 		MTB identification test (29%),
Autoclave (15%)
DST Lab specialist (contractor) time (21%),
Sterile filter tips (15%)

• BTB: Battambang Provincial Referral Hospital; MKB: Mongkol Borei Provincial Referral Hospital; MR OD: Mong Russey Operational District Hospital; CENAT: National TB Control Program Lab