Table 2 Unit costs used in calculating health system and patient costs
Cost category | Unit | Unit costs (USD, 2021) |
|---|---|---|
Health system costs | ||
 Regimen cost | Per full treatment course | 1494.99 |
 Hospitalisation hotel cost | Per day | 2.55 |
 Hospitalisation meal | Per day | 7.35 |
 Sputum smear | Per test | 1.48 |
 Sputum culture | Per test | 34.48 |
 LFT | Per test | 2.64 |
 Serum creatinine | Per test | 1.91 |
 TSH | Per test | 6.84 |
 X-ray | Per test | 13.3 |
 ECG | Per test | 10.95 |
 Serious adverse event | Per episode | 22.07 |
 Nurse cost per minute | Per minute | 0.01 |
 Doctor cost per minute | Per minute | 0.02 |
 Consumables cost per visit | Per visit | 2.64 |
 Overheads | Per month | 152.96 |
 Outpatient social support cost | Per month | 38.37 |
Patient costs | ||
 Mean transport cost | Per return visit | 0.88 |
 Supplementary food expenditure | Per week | 1.17 |
 Income | Per minute | 0.01 |