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BCHD TB Control Program Costs
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Standard Strategy
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QFT-GIT Strategy
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Incremental
|
|---|
|
Referrals per year
|
500
|
500
| |
|
Total QFT-GIT testing costs per year
|
$0.00
|
$21755.00
|
$21755.00
|
|
Total LTBI treatment and monitoring costs per year
|
$137695.00
|
$104495.00
|
-$33200.00
|
|
Total LTBI-care costs per year
|
$137695.00
|
$126250.00
|
-$11445.00
|
|
Total active TB costs per year*
|
$42270.00
|
$58770.00
|
$16500.00
|
|
Net costs
|
$179965.00
|
$185020.00
|
$5060.00
|
- *Active TB costs attributable to individuals referred to the BCHD TB Control Program who go on to develop active TB disease later in life using a 5 year analytic time horizon; future costs were discounted at 3%. Without discounting, the costs would be $49,005 and $68,135 for the Standard and QFT-GIT strategies, respectively.
