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Table 4 Adjusted health care utilization by MDR-TB diagnosis (n=145)*

From: The value of effective public tuberculosis treatment: an analysis of opportunity costs associated with multidrug resistant tuberculosis in Latvia

 

Non MDR (n=54) Mean (CI)

MDR (n=92) mean (CI)

p-value of difference

Hospital days, #

110.2 (86.1, 134.4)

475.3 (427.9, 522.6)

<.001

Clinic visits, #

53.3 (35.3, 71.3)

67.9 (42.5, 93.3)

.357

Specialist visits, #

4.3 (3.3, 5.4)

11.0 (8.6, 13.3)

<.001

X-rays, #

6.4 (5.4, 7.4)

13.9 (12.4, 15.5)

<.001

CT, #

0.5 (0.4, 0.7)

1.0 (.8, 1.2)

.003

  1. * Negative binomial regression adjusts for vital status, sex, age and cured status. Chi-square test used to calculate p-values.
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Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

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