Cost of TB services: approach and summary findings of a multi-country study (Value TB).

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: There are currently large gaps in unit cost data for TB, and substantial variation in the quality and methods of unit cost estimates. Uncertainties remain about sample size, range and comprehensiveness of cost data collection for different purposes. We present the methods and results of a project implemented in Kenya, Ethiopia, India, The Philippines and Georgia to estimate unit costs of TB services, focusing on findings most relevant to these remaining methodological challenges.METHODS: We estimated financial and economic unit costs, in close collaboration with national TB programmes. Gold standard methods included both top-down and bottom-up approaches to resource use measurement. Costs are presented in 2018 USD and local currency unit.RESULTS: Cost drive

SUBMITTER: Sweeney S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9621303 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature