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Thorax 55:962-963 doi:10.1136/thorax.55.11.962
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Resource implications of patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis

Table 3

Cost data for individual patients with MDR TB

Patients Inpatient (days) Outpatient appointments Drug costs (£)
MDR1 54 55 16 675
MDR23-150 110 20 19 915
MDR3 0 32 11 700
MDR4 274 9 17 385
MDR53-151 26 25 4 765
MDR63-150 17 6 7 460
MDR73-150 33 6 8 180
MDR8 174 13 10 075
MDR9 11 20 1 315
Controls 1–18 mean (range) 10  (0–58) 8  (4–25) 150  (80–765)

  • All costs are adjusted to 2000 prices.

  • ↵3-150 Currently on treatment; drug cost projected for two years of treatment.

  • ↵3-151 Died of other causes on treatment; cost calculated to death.

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