Cost-effectiveness of improvements in diagnosis and treatment accessibility for tuberculosis control in India.

ABSTRACT:

Setting

Inaccurate diagnosis and inaccessibility of care undercut the effectiveness of high-quality anti-tuberculosis treatment and select for resistance. Rapid diagnostic systems, such as Xpert(®) MTB/RIF for tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and drug susceptibility testing (DST), and programs that provide high-quality DOTS anti-tuberculosis treatment to patients in the unregulated private sector (public-private mix [PPM]), may help address these challenges, albeit at increased cost.

Objective/design

We extended a microsimulation model of TB in India calibrated to demographic, epidemiologic, and care trends to evaluate 1) replacing DST with Xpert; 2) replacing microscopy and culture with Xpert to diagnose multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) and non-MDR-TB; 3) implementing nationwide

SUBMITTER: Suen SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5927581 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature