Cost effectiveness of chemotherapy for pulmonary tuberculosis in three sub-Saharan African countries
Lancet
;
338(8778): 1305-8, 1991.
Article
in English
| AIM
| ID: biblio-1264858
ABSTRACT
The value of programmes to control pulmonary tuberculosis in developing countries remains the subject of debate. We have examined the cost-effectiveness of chemotherapy programmes for the control of pulmonary sputum-smear-positive tuberculosis in Malawi; Mozambique; and Tanzania. Effective cure rates of 86-90 percent were achieved with short-course chemotherapy and of 60-66 percent with standard chemotherapy. The average incremental costs per year of life saved were US $1.7-2.1 for short-course chemotherapy with hospital admission; $2.4-3.4 for standard chemotherapy with hospital admission; $0.9-1.1 for ambulatory short-course chemotherapy; and $0.9-1.3 for ambulatory standard chemotherapy. Chemotherapy for smear-positive tuberculosis is thus cheaper than other cost-effective health interventions such as immunisation against measles and oral rehydration therapy. Because the greatest benefit of chemotherapy is reduced transmission of the bacillus; treating HIV-seropositive; tuberculosis smear-positive patients would be only slightly less cost-effective than treating HIV-seronegative; tuberculosis-smear-positive patients
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Index:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Sputum
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Tuberculosis
/
Clinical Protocols
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HIV
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Ambulatory Care
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Antitubercular Agents
Type of study:
Practice guideline
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Health economic evaluation
Language:
English
Journal:
Lancet
Year:
1991
Type:
Article
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