TABLE 3.

Total input cost per person with tuberculosis (TB) or latent TB infection (LTBI) for diagnosis and treatment, by type of digital technology used for treatment support, in 2016 USD

	Treatment length months	Total costs incurred by health system					Total costs incurred by patient
		Standard of care	VOT	MM: Wisepill	MM: 99DOTS	SMS	Standard of care	Digital technology
Drug-susceptible TB	6	845	505	368	340	NA	299	140
MDR-TB	18	10 014	8879	8527	8494	NA	813	337
LTBI	9	53	397	91	61	59	148	148

Costs listed account for pre-diagnostic management, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up. VOT: video-observed therapy; MM: medication monitor; SMS: short message service; MDR: multidrug-resistant; NA: not applicable.