Table 5

Cost-effectiveness of the community-based DOTS strategy and the family-based DOTS strategy (US$)

Community-based DOTS strategy

Family-based DOTS strategy

Palpa

Syangja

Doti

Total*

Baglung

Dolakha

Total

Recurrent costs per treatment succeeded, including

75.5

86.6

105.3

91.8

111.6

92.9

102.2

Total recurrent cost to health system per treatment succeeded

48.3

51.9

73.7

58.0

77.4

54.7

66.0

Total recurrent social costs (patients + supervisors) per treatment succeeded including:

27.2

34.7

31.6

33.9

34.3

38.2

36.2

Total costs to patients per treatment succeeded

23.8

30.6

28.8

30.1

28.3

21.7

25.0

Total costs to supervisors per treatment succeeded

3.4

4.1

2.7

3.7

6.0

16.5

11.3

* Total of Syangja and Doti

Mirzoev et al. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2008 6:20   doi:10.1186/1478-7547-6-20