Author(s) year | Country | Cost estimate (I$) | % monthly per-capita income (entire population) | % monthly per-capital income (income-poorest 20% of the population) | Notes |
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Aspler, et al. [41] | Zambia | 3 | 8 | 43 | Median costs for pre-diagnosis (IQR I$1- I$7) |
Aspler, et al. [41] | Zambia | 12 | 31 | 171 | Median costs for pill collection visits (IQR I$4- I$29) |
Aspler, et al. [41] | Zambia | 4 | 10 | 57 | Median costs for follow-up visits (IQR I$2- I$4) |
Bevan, E. [43] | Kenya | 5 | 11 | 35 | Daily cost to travel to a designated DOTS center |
Cambanis, et al. [45] | Ethiopia | 7 | 47 | 100a | Mean costs for transport to a health facility |
Chard, S. [46] | Uganda | 3 | 14 | 45b | Mean transportation costs to a health facility in Kampala |
Chard, S. [46] | Uganda | 5 | 21 | 67b | Mean transportation costs to a health facility in Mukono |
Datiko and Lindtjorn [48] | Ethiopia | 2 | 14 | 31c | Mean transport costs for a community-based DOTS treatment program (sd I$5) |
Datiko and Lindtjorn [48] | Ethiopia | 15 | 88 | 188c | Mean transport costs for a health facility-based DOTS treatment program (sd I$43) |
Edginton, et al. [49] | South Africa | 3 | 0.96 | 7d | Mid-point costs for 69% of hospital attendees and 48% of clinic attendees (range I$0.52-I$5)e |
Floyd, et al. [51] | South Africa | 12 | 4 | 20f | Mean travel cost for a hospital visit |
Floyd, et al. [51] | South Africa | 2 | 0.74 | 4f | Mean travel cost for a health clinic visit |
Floyd, et al. [51] | South Africa | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.30f | Mean travel cost for a health clinic DOTS visit |
Floyd, et al. [51] | South Africa | 0.85 | 0.27 | 1f | Mean travel cost for a TB ward DOTS visit |
Floyd, et al. [50] | Malawi | 4 | 26 | 102 | Mean costs for visit to a health center to collect drugs for smear-positive and -negative patients under hospital and community-based strategies (I$18 for average 5 visits) |
Harper, et al. [53] | The Gambia | 0.55 | 2 | 8g | Mean daily fare to attend a TB clinic (range I$0.44-I$0.66) |
Kemp, et al. [54] | Malawi | 18 | 116 | 456h | Mean transport costs for smear-positive patients (median I$11) |
Kemp, et al. [54] | Malawi | 13 | 81 | 319h | Mean transport costs for smear-negative patients (median I$5) |
Mesfin, et al. [55] | Ethiopia | 11 | 72 | 155 | Mean transport costs for visiting a public health facility pre-diagnosis |
Needham, et al. [58] | Zambia | 9 | 26 | 150 | Mean transportation cost during treatment (median I$3) |
Nganda, et al. [60] | Kenya | 9 | 20 | 67i | Mean cost for a visit to collect drugs from a health facility for smear-positive patients under conventional and community-based strategies for smear-positive patients (I$44 for average 5 visits)j |
Okello, et al. [61] | Uganda | 6 | 24 | 78k | Mean costs to the nearest health facility in an outpatient system and costs to collect drugs under the conventional hospital-based care strategy and the community-based care strategy for smear-positive patients (I$37 for average 5 visits) |
Sinanovic, et al. [63] | South Africa | 0.40 | 0.13 | 0.69m | Mean cost for monitoring and collection of drugs and a clinic-based DOTS visit in Guguletu, Cape Town (95% CI I$0.20- I$0.60) |
Sinanovic, et al. [63] | South Africa | 0.30 | 0.09 | 0.52m | Mean cost for monitoring and collection of drugs and a clinic-based DOTS visit in Nyanga, Cape Town (95% CI I$0.10- I$0.50) |
Vassall, et al. [65] | Ethiopia | 70 | 444 | 952 | Mean pretreatment transportation costs (median I$4)n |
Wilkinson, et al. [67] | South Africa | 5 | 2 | 9 o | Average cost of a visit to a village clinicp |
Wilkinson, et al. [67] | South Africa | 20 | 6 | 34 o | Average cost of a visit to a hospitalp |
Wilkinson, et al. [67] | South Africa | 1 | 0.43 | 2 o | Average cost of a village clinic DOTS visit, a community health worker DOTS visit, and a non-health worker DOTS visitp |
Wyss, et al. [68] | Tanzania | 9 | 32 | 83 q | Weekly transportation costs |