Table 2.

Provider and patient costs for TB screening, diagnosis and treatment

Provider costs	Average cost per patient (USD)
	Active case finding arm	Passive case finding arm
	(N = 1858)	(N = 859)
Personnel	59 (36%)	44 (44%)
Incentive	40 (24%)	0 (0%)
Diagnostic Test	11 (7%)	11(11%)
Anti TB Drugs	22 (13%)	22 (22%)
Supervision and Monitoring	18 (11%)	9 (9%)
Marketing and communication	4 (2%)	6 (6%)
Training	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Equipment	8 (5%)	8 (8%)
Mobile Xray Unit	2 (1%)	0 (0%)
Total provider cost per patient	$164	$100
Patient – out of pocket expenditure	Average cost per patient (USD)
	Active case finding	Passive case finding
	(N = 84)	(N = 45)
Before diagnosis
No. of visits	2	5
Consultation	0.36 (1%)	3.45 (9%)
Test	1.6 (5%)	2.48 (6%)
Medication	4.62 (15%)	10.44 (26%)
Food and Transport	0.36 (1%)	3.19 (8%)
Diagnosis
Consultation	0.42 (1%)	0 (0%)
Test	1.55 (5%)	0.52 (1%)
Medication	12.72 (41%)	1.33 (3%)
Food and Transport	2.27 (7%)	3.03 (8%)
Treatment and follow up
Consultation	0.69 (2%)	0 (0%)
Test	0.6 (2%)	0 (0%)
Medication	3.2 (10%)	4.21 (11%)
Food and Transport	2.79 (9%)	11.73 (29%)
Subtotal direct cost	$31	$40
Lost earnings	$28	$31
Total cost per patient	$59	$71
Total program cost per patient	$223	$171