16. Tuberculosis

Table 16.2: Number of Studies on the Cost-Effectiveness of TB Control by Effectiveness Measure and Intervention, 1980-2004

Number of Studies on the Cost-Effectiveness of TB Control by Effectiveness Measure and Intervention, 1980-2004
Intervention	Cases detected or cases diagnosed	Cases prevented	Cure or successful treatment rate	Deaths prevented	Years of life saved	QALYs gained	DALYs gained
BCG vaccination	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
TLTI	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Treatment of active disease: the DOTS strategy	0	1	6	1	3	0	1
Variations on DOTS:
Management of drug-resistant disease	0	0	2	2	0	0	1
Treatment of HIV coinfection	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Active case finding and diagnosis	5	0	0	0	1	0	2
Outpatient and community-based treatment	0	0	10	0	0	1	0
All interventions	5	5	18	5	4	2	4

Source: Authors.

QALY = quality-adjusted life year.

Note: The total for all interventions is greater than the number of studies because some studies use more than one measure of effectiveness.