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Table 5 Changes in the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) with changes in the prevalence of pulmonary NTM infections

From: Cost-effectiveness of point-of-care digital chest-x-ray in HIV patients with pulmonary mycobacterial infections in Nigeria

 

Smear negative all

Smear negative HIV+

Prevalence NTM

TB+

ICER (US $)

TB+

ICER (US $)

35%

99

19.45

36

12.7

30%

93

20.70

34

13.5

25%

88

21.90

31

14.8

20%

82

23.50

29

15.8

15%

76

25.36

27

17.0

10%

70

27.54

25

18.3

5%

64

30.12

22

20.8

  1. NTM Non tuberculosis mycobacteria, TB+ smear negative cases with chest-x-ray signs consistent with tuberculosis.