Costs and cost-effectiveness of Gene Xpert compared to smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using real-world data from Arsi zone, Ethiopia

• Abdene Weya Kaso ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abdene Weya Kaso, Alemayehu Hailu

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: abdannekaso@gmail.com

  Affiliation School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8168-3656

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• Alemayehu Hailu

  Contributed equally to this work with: Abdene Weya Kaso, Alemayehu Hailu

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4872-8036

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