Table 3.
Costs of tuberculosis tests in USD
| Lab 1 | Lab 2 | Average (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salaries bottom-up | Salaries top-down | Salaries bottom-up | Salaries top-down | ||
| Cost of 1 AFB smear microscopy Ziehl-Neelsen | |||||
| Reagents | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.38 (6) |
| Supplies | 1.36 | 1.36 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 3.13 (49) |
| Labor | 0.91 | 1.74 | 1.55 | 1.23 | 1.36 (21) |
| Equipment | 0.70 | 0.70 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.85 (13) |
| Overhead | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.62 (10) |
| Total | 3.67 | 4.50 | 8.73 | 8.41 | 6.33 (100) |
| Cost of 1 AFB Smear microscopy fluorescence | |||||
| Reagents | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.30 (5) |
| Supplies | 1.41 | 1.41 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 3.16 (20) |
| Labor | 1.00 | 1.74 | 1.66 | 1.23 | 1.41 (22) |
| Equipment | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.86 (13) |
| Overhead | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.62 (10) |
| Total | 3.80 | 4.55 | 8.72 | 8.28 | 6.34 (100) |
| Cost of solid culturea | |||||
| Reagents | 12.04 | 12.04 | 13.73 | 13.73 | 12.89 (33) |
| Supplies | 14.40 | 14.40 | 5.07 | 5.07 | 9.74 (25) |
| Labor | 0.95 | 5.31 | 4.84 | 14.67 | 6.44 (16) |
| Equipment | 6.40 | 6.40 | 8.57 | 8.57 | 7.49 (19) |
| Overhead | 3.72 | 3.72 | 2.03 | 2.03 | 2.88 (7) |
| Total | 37.51 | 41.87 | 34.24 | 44.08 | 39.43 (100) |
| Cost of liquid culture | |||||
| Reagents | 12.00 | 12.00 | 14.84 | 14.84 | 13.42 (14) |
| Supplies | 27.65 | 27.65 | 20.21 | 20.21 | 23.93 (25) |
| Labor | 1.02 | 6.48 | 3.64 | 48.48 | 14.91 (15) |
| Equipment | 22.35 | 22.35 | 52.25 | 52.25 | 37.30 (38) |
| Overhead | 6.93 | 6.93 | 8.37 | 8.37 | 7.65 (8) |
| Total | 69.94 | 75.41 | 99.31 | 144.15 | 97.20 (100) |
| Cost of first line DST (liquid culture) | |||||
| Reagents | 9.59 | 9.59 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 9.55 (7) |
| Supplies | 43.42 | 43.42 | 61.57 | 61.57 | 52.50 (40) |
| Labor | 0.88 | 20.28 | 3.02 | 73.90 | 24.52 (19) |
| Equipment | 16.43 | 16.43 | 50.88 | 50.88 | 33.66 (26) |
| Overhead | 7.73 | 7.73 | 12.70 | 12.70 | 10.22 (8) |
| Total | 78.05 | 97.45 | 137.68 | 208.56 | 130.44 (100) |
| Cost for first and second line DST (solid culture) | |||||
| Reagents | 3.44 | 3.44 | 3.44 (5) | ||
| Supplies | 41.52 | 41.52 | 41.52 (61) | ||
| Labor | 1.42 | 28.39 | 14.90 (22) | ||
| Equipment | 2.94 | 2.94 | 2.94 (4) | ||
| Overhead | 5.43 | 5.43 | 5.43 (8) | ||
| Total | 54.74 | 81.71 | ND | ND | 68.23 (100) |
| Cost of Xpert MTB/RIF test | |||||
| Reagents | 9.98 | 9.98 | 9.98 | 9.98 | 9.98 (41) |
| Supplies | 1.28 | 1.28 | 8.93 | 8.93 | 5.11 (21) |
| Labor | 0.57 | 11.30 | 0.56 | 11.23 | 5.92 (24) |
| Equipment | 2.28 | 2.28 | 3.49 | 3.49 | 2.89 (12) |
| Overhead | 1.55 | 0.01 | 1.43 | 0.01 | 0.75 (3) |
| Total | 15.67 | 24.85 | 24.38 | 33.64 | 24.64 (100) |
List of abbreviations: AFB Acid-fast bacilli, DST drug susceptibility testing, MTB Mycobacterium tuberculosis, ND not done in this lab, RIF rifampicin, TB tuberculosis
asolid culture based on Lowenstein Jensen media