Table 5.

Yield and relative costs of different symptom screening algorithms

Type of patient	Algorithm	Symptom No	No. of TB case	TB detection and screening		Relative costs
				Detection proportion*(%)	Screening No. per case	Total costs	Average costs for one case
Smear +	1a	2328	27	1.16	11,097	65,195.1	2414.6
	1c	2328	27	1.16	11,097	86,147.1	3190.6
	2	2407	28	1.16	10,700	87,545.4	3126.6
	3	2676	31	1.16	9665	92,306.7	2977.6
Bact +	1a	2328	37	1.59	8098	65,195.1	1762.0
	1c	2328	37	1.59	8098	86,147.1	2328.3
	2	2407	38	1.58	7884	87,545.4	2303.8
	3	2676	41	1.53	7308	92,306.7	2251.4
Active TB	1c	2328	105	4.51	2853	86,147.1	820.4
	2	2407	108	4.49	2774	87,545.4	810.6
	3	2676	113	4.22	2651	92,306.7	816.9

*Detection proportion among people with suspected symptoms