. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 17.

Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2018 Dec 1;22(12):1435–1442. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.18.0370

Table 3.

Average cost per patient (2016 US$)

	Universal IPT US$	IPT with TST US$	IPT with QGIT US$
Diagnostic testing	0.23	3.90	58.11
LTBI treatment	8.29	2.79	3.92
IPT-related DILI	7.03	2.37	3.33
Anti-tuberculosis treatment	2.46	2.87	2.65
Total cost per patient	17.78	11.93	68.01

IPT = isoniazid preventive therapy; TST = tuberculin skin test; QGIT = QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube; LTBI = latent tuberculous infection; DILI = drug-induced liver injury.