Table I Cost of tuberculosis treatment...

Table I

Cost of tuberculosis treatment and care at the TB clinic

Cost	Chiang Sean Hospital (Burmese TB patients)	Mae Sai Hospital (Laotian TB patients)
Activity I: screening new TB patient
Capital cost^a	108,558.16	26,357.68
Material cost^b	75,742.96	23,881.00
Labor cost	18,922.06	4,811.84
Activity II: hospitalized TB patient
Capital cost^a	40,744.29	264,980.05
Material cost^b	13,576.25	1,554.00
Labor cost	5,284.48	12,667.99
Activity III: ongoing treatment and care
Capital cost^a	4,215.78	30,665.16
Material cost^b	8,321.68	4,218.00
Labor cost	55,213.08	65,680.57
Activity IV: community follow-up
Capital cost^a	–	2,035.13
Material cost^b	–	21,022.00
Labor cost	–	24,855.54
Total cost	330,578.73	482,728.94

Cost	Chiang Sean Hospital (Burmese TB patients)	Mae Sai Hospital (Laotian TB patients)
Activity I: screening new TB patient
Capital cost^a	108,558.16	26,357.68
Material cost^b	75,742.96	23,881.00
Labor cost	18,922.06	4,811.84
Activity II: hospitalized TB patient
Capital cost^a	40,744.29	264,980.05
Material cost^b	13,576.25	1,554.00
Labor cost	5,284.48	12,667.99
Activity III: ongoing treatment and care
Capital cost^a	4,215.78	30,665.16
Material cost^b	8,321.68	4,218.00
Labor cost	55,213.08	65,680.57
Activity IV: community follow-up
Capital cost^a	–	2,035.13
Material cost^b	–	21,022.00
Labor cost	–	24,855.54
Total cost	330,578.73	482,728.94

Notes: ^aCalculation of the depreciation of capital cost by using annualization factor:

a (r, n) = r [{(1 + r)}^{n}] / [{(1 + r)}^{n} - 1],

where r is the interest rate and n is the usable life of capital asset; ^bCalculation of the current price of material:

C_{t} = C_{o} {(1 + r)}^{t},

where C_t is the current price of the asset, C_o is the purchase price, r is the interest rate and t are the years since purchase

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