Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of 278 study participants enrolled for self-reading.
Table 2.
A) Performance of self-reading to detect any induration (≥ 1 mm). B) Performance of self-reading to identify a positive TST (induration of ≥ 5 mm).
Table 3.
Observed consumables, equipment and personnel costs (in I$) associated with TST placement and TST reading under a standard or a task-shifting TST strategy at a primary care clinic in urban South Africa.
Table 4.
Base values and distributions of variables included in the probabilistic uncertainty analysis.
Table 5.
Observed patient costs (in I$) for standard clinic visit (TST placement) and fast-track clinic visit (TST reading) at a primary care clinic in urban South Africa.
Table 6.
Estimated total cost for implementation of different TST strategies at a primary care clinic in urban South Africa.
Table 7.
Simulation of TST placement, reading and total TST costs in I$ per 100 patients (and 95% UI) from a health system perspective for 5 countries for a standard of care TST strategy, a task-shifting strategy, a self-reading strategy and a combined task-shifting and self-reading strategy.