Table 1 Operations costs for XDR-TB diagnostic tests by study site (in US $ unless otherwise noted)a
From: Cost analysis of rapid diagnostics for drug-resistant tuberculosis
| Â | MGIT (culture and DST) | LPA (plus and sl) | MODS | PSQ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Moldova | India | South Africa | Moldova | India | South Africa | Moldova | India | South Africa | Moldova | India | South Africa |
Materials in $ | 126 | 274 | 187 | 372 | 525 | 338 | 114 | 42 | 161 | 296 | 353 | 325 |
Personnel (in Hours) | 8.7 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 12.2 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 11.3 | 8.5 | 12.0 |
Personnel cost $/batch | 23 | 11 | 41 | 33 | 47 | 165 | 18 | 20 | 57 | 30 | 28 | 124 |
Total cost$/ batch | 149 | 285 | 228 | 405 | 572 | 503 | 132 | 62 | 218 | 326 | 381 | 449 |
# samples/batch | 8 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 |
Cost/sample in $ | 18.56 | 35.65 | 45.61 | 33.73 | 47.69 | 100.50 | 32.88 | 10.35 | 43.56 | 29.64 | 31.76 | 49.90 |