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Volume 31, Number 7—July 2025

Synopsis

Systematic Review of Contact Investigation Costs for Tuberculosis, United States

Garrett R. Beeler AsayComments to Author , Kai H. Young, Tempest Hill, and Gibril J. Njie
Author affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Table 2

Contact investigation costs for confirmed tuberculosis cases reported in systematic review, United States*

Reference Setting State(s) No. cases investigated No. contacts Contact investigation costs, US $
Labor cost per contact TST cost Test follow-up and examination Chest radiography
(16) Community AL, IL, NJ, TX, CA 26,283 NR 38.63 18.66 10.00 56.81
(24)† School CO 1 1,249 28.72 NR NR NR
(25) Hospital TX 59 880 114.18 NR NR NR
(26)† Hospital NY 34 1,394 56.74 NR NR NR
(27) Hospital NR NR 81 47.94 14.99 88.30 NR
(17) Community TX 108 1,675 640.28 14.19 NR NR
(28) Community NC 99 506 105.16 NR NR NR
(29)‡ Community AL NR NR 349.73 NR 82.00 30.77
(30) Community CA 81 NR 235.77 NR NR NR
(7) Community CA 2,032 17,774 142.29 8.78 74.29 NR

*Review included 10 studies. Costs were updated to 2022 US dollars by using the healthcare component of the Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index (18). NR, not reported; TST, tuberculin skin test. †Labor time converted to labor cost by using the corresponding year's region-specific hourly wage for registered nurses from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (13). ‡Included transportation cost.

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