Cost-effectiveness of GeneXpert Omni compared with GeneXpert MTB/Rif for point-of-care diagnosis of tuberculosis in a low-resource, high-burden setting in Eastern Uganda: a cost-effectiveness analysis based on decision analytical modelling.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the cost-effectiveness of Xpert Omni compared with Xpert MTB/Rif for point-of-care diagnosis of tuberculosis among presumptive cases in a low-resource, high burden facility.

Design

Cost-effectiveness analysis from the provider's perspective.

Setting

A low-resource, high tuberculosis burden district in Eastern Uganda.

Participants

A provider's perspective was used, and thus, data were collected from experts in the field of tuberculosis diagnosis purposively selected at the local, subnational and national levels.

Methods

A decision analysis model was contracted from TreeAge comparing Xpert MTB/Rif and Xpert Omni. Cost estimation was done using the ingredients' approach. One-way deterministic sensitivity analyses were performed to ide

SUBMITTER: Ejalu DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9403108 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature