A study of the effect of TB control programs on disease burden / 中华医院管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of three different kinds of intervenient measures for TB control on the disease burden of TB patients. Method The estimating method of disability adjusted life years(DALY) as recommended by the WHO was used to assess the disease burden of TB patients. Result The average disease burden of new and retreated TB patients covered by the international TB program(ITP) was the lightest, with the loss of 0.31 DALY and 0.62 DALY respectively; the average disease burden of new and retreated TB patients covered by the national TB program(NTP) was intermediate, with the loss of 0.42 DALY and 0.59 DALY respectively; and the average disease burden of new and retreated TB patients from areas using conventional TB therapy(CTT) was the heaviest, with the loss of 0.61 DALY and 0.91 DALY respectively. From a social perspective, the average yearly loss of DALY per thousand TB patients in the ITP, NTP and CTT areas was respectively 16.42, 33.6 and 37.36, with the loss in the NTP areas being 2.05 times as much as that in the ITP areas and the loss in the CTT areas being 2.28 times as much as that in the NTP areas. Conclusion ITP was far superior to NTP and CTT in reducing the disease burden of TB patients, achieving better results both from the perspective of TB patients and the society.