Health system costs of providing outpatient care for diabetes in people with TB in the Philippines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a known risk factor for active TB. A key activity in the Philippines is to integrate TB services with other disease programmes, with a target of DM screening in 90% of TB cases. However, costs of providing DM outpatient services for TB patients are not well known.

Methods

We estimated the costs of providing integrated DM outpatient services within TB services from the health system perspective. Resources for outpatient DM services were valued using the bottom-up approach for capital goods, staff time and consumables. Resource quantities were obtained by interviewing 60 healthcare professionals in 11 health facilities in the Philippines.

Results

The mean cost per service ranged from USD0.53 for DM risk assessment to USD23.72 for ora

SUBMITTER: Yamanaka T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11221583 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature