Costs of Digital Adherence Technologies for Tuberculosis Treatment Support, 2018–2021
Ntwali Placide Nsengiyumva, Amera Khan, Maricelle Ma. Tarcela S. Gler, Mariecef L. Tonquin, Danaida Marcelo, Mark C. Andrews, Karine Duverger, Shahriar Ahmed, Tasmia Ibrahim, Sayera Banu, Sonia Sultana, Mona Lisa Morales, Andre Villanueva, Egwumo Efo, Baraka Onjare, Cristina Celan, and Kevin Schwartzman
Author affiliations: McGill International Tuberculosis Centre and Research Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (N.P. Nsengiyumva, K. Schwartzman); Stop TB Partnership, Geneva, Switzerland (A. Khan); De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, Makati City, Philippines (M.M.T.S. Gler, M.L. Tonquin, D. Marcelo); Health Through Walls, Port au Prince, Haiti (M.C. Andrews, K. Duverger); icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh (S. Ahmed, T. Ibrahim, S. Banu, S. Sultana); KNCV, Manila, Philippines (M.L. Morales, A. Villanueva); KNCV, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (E. Efo, B. Onjare); Center for Health Policies and Studies, Chisinau, Moldova (C. Celan)
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Figure 1. Directly observed tuberculosis therapy scale-up scenario analysis for 3 countries: A) Bangladesh; B) the Philippines; C) Tanzania. In each scenario, fixed technology/platform introduction and maintenance costs are shared across expanded user numbers (i.e., 2× study population, 5× study population, 10× study population, and 100× study population) while maintaining the same variable costs.
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