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Table 3 Summary table on median costs (interquartile ranges) in US dollars for TB and MDR-TB patients in the three study countries, related to costs for diagnosis, and treatment in the intensive phase and continuation phase

From: The socioeconomic impact of multidrug resistant tuberculosis on patients: results from Ethiopia, Indonesia and Kazakhstan

 

TB

MDR-TB

Ethiopia

Indonesia

Kazakhstan

Ethiopia

Indonesia

Kazakhstan

Direct pre(diagnosis) costs (costs in last 3 months)

14 (4–109)

33 (9–64)

5 (1–13)

68 (35–191)

39 (12–63)

N.A.b

Indirect pre(diagnosis) costs (costs in last 3 months)

0 (0–30)

4 (0–9)

3 (1–5)

0 (0–8)

3 (1–6)

N.A.b

Total pre(diagnosis) costs (costs in last 3 months)

14 (6–129)

35 (16–69)

9 (4–19)

75 (40–191)

46 (16–82)

N.A.b

Direct treatment costs

 Subtotal for intensive phase

104 (10–231)

41 (8–108)

0 (0–74)

639 (259–968)

596 (342–1035)

165 (0–541)

 Subtotal for continuation phase

80 (34–156)

59 (17–224)

179 (90–328)

634 (458–1048)

976 (558–1584)

754 (344–2022)

Indirect treatment costs

 Intensive phase

0 (0–34)

10 (0–40)

404 (303–674)

220 (89–374)

315 (153–848)

1537 (0–2696)

 Continuation phase

0 (0–4)

9 (0–57)

104 (70–159)

73 (1–375)

254 (0–504)

227 (0–300)

Total treatment costs

 Intensive phase

119 (19–260)

52 (17–134)

607 (317–809)

831 (462–1525)

1079 (600–2299)

1914 (175–3370)

 Continuation phase

128 (34–177)

82 (26–286)

319 (236–702)

931 (494–1296

1227 (730–1846)

1202 (657–2245)

Total (pre)diagnosis and treatment costsa

260

169

929

1838

2342

3125

  1. aSums are based on adding up medians from different groups of patients, and therefore must be interpreted with caution
  2. bNot available as only two patients were interviewed with a diagnosis of MDR-TB in the last month